Successful treatment of Aspergillus prosthetic valve endocarditis with oral voriconazole

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 752-753

  Reis, Lisa J ^a   Barton, Todd D ^a   Pochettino, Alberto ^a   Velazquez, Omaida ^a   McGarvey, Michael ^a   Milas, Bonnie ^a   Reboli, Annette ^b   Schuster, Mindy G ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CEFTRIAXONE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 23844438259     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432580     Document Type: Article

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