Cardiac aspergillosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 511-515

  Xie, Linjun ^a   Gebre, Wondwossen ^a   Szabo, Katarina ^a   Lin, Jen H ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY INFECTION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; REVIEW; VEGETATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; ENDOCARDITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 16344383508     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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