Histological detection of intramyocardial abscesses in Candida sepsis mimicking left ventricular non-compaction/hypertrabeculation on echocardiography

Mycoses

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 72-75

  Stollberger C ^a,b   Preiser, J ^a   Finsterer, J ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Candida; Dilatative cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular non compaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ABSCESS; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTRABECULATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE NONCOMPACTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ABSCESS; CANDIDIASIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

CANDIDA;

EID: 1642356789     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2003.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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