Aspergillus fumigatus pacemaker lead endocarditis: A case report and review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-340

  Leong, Roger ^a   Gannon, Brian R ^a   Childs, Tim J ^a   Isotalo, Phillip A ^a   Abdollah, Hoshiar ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Echocardiography; Endocarditis; Fungus; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; GENTAMICIN; LEAD; OXYGEN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLISM; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

EID: 33646240608     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(06)70919-9     Document Type: Letter

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