Candida endocarditis in neonates: Report of five cases and review of the literature

Mycoses

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-48

  Levy, Itzhak ^a   Shalit, Itamar ^a   Birk, Einat ^a   Sirota, Lea ^a,b   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a   German, Baruch ^a,b   Linder, Nehama ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Candida; Endocarditis; neonates

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCETOMA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; DRUG COMBINATION; ENTEROCOLITIS; FATALITY; FUNGEMIA; HEART ATRIUM; LITERATURE; PATHOLOGY; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; THORAX SURGERY;

CANDIDA;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOLITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MADUROMYCOSIS; PREMATURE BIRTH; REVIEW LITERATURE; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; THINNESS; THORACIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644873733     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2005.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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