Fungal Infection of Aortoiliac Endograft: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 228-231

  Bakoyiannis, Chris N ^a   Georgopoulos, Sotiris E ^a   Tsekouras, Nikolaos S ^a   Klonaris, Chris N ^a   Papalambros, Efstathios L ^a   Bastounis, Elias A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DACRON; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRON IMPLANT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC ARTERY GRAFT; MALE; MYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RIFAMPIN; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847613403     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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