Fatal aortic Myceliophthora thermophila infection in a patient affected by cystic medial necrosis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-118

  Farina, C ^a,c   Gamba, A ^b   Tambini, R ^c   Beguin, H ^d   Trouillet, J L ^e  

^a Microbiology Institute   (Italy)

^b Cliniche Humanitas Gavazzeni   (Italy)

^c Microbiology Institute   (Italy)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aortitis; Cystic medial necrosis; Myceliophthora thermophila

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CYSTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MYCOSES; NECROSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 33746415184     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1998.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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