Endocarditis by Aspergillus fumigatus in a renal transplant

Mycopathologia

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 127-129

  Casanova, Pilar Marín ^a   García Martos, Pedro ^a   García Doncel, Ana ^a   García Tapia, Ana ^a   Aznar, Enrique ^a   Requena, José Perez ^a   Valverde, Susana ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Endocarditis; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 0343049180     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007006122591     Document Type: Article

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