Histoplasma endocarditis: Clinical and mycologic features and outcomes

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-9

  Bhatti, Sabha ^b   Vilenski, Leonid ^a   Tight, Robert ^a   Smego Jr , Raymond A ^a,b,c  

^a UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasma Endocarditis; Infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; GENTAMICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOCARDITIS; FATALITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ENDOCARDITIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 21044450346     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.10.002     Document Type: Review

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