Isolated native tricuspid valve Candida endocarditis in a non-drug-addicted patient: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 652-658

  Kaloterakis, Andreas ^a   Rizos, Ioannis ^a   Goumas, Georgios ^a   Filiotou, Anna ^a   Barbetseas, John ^a   Papathanasiou, Sotiris ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOXACILLIN; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENDOCARDITIS; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERALIMENTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; DEBRIDEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0141836990     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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