Aspergillus endocarditis of the mitral valve in a lung-transplant patient

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-97

  Saxena, Pankaj ^a,b   Clarke, Belinda ^a   Dunning, John ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Aspergillosis complications diagnosis surgery; Aspergillus fumigatus; Endocarditis complications diagnosis etiology microbiology surgery; Heart valve diseases diagnosis etiology; Heart valve prosthesis; Immunocompromised host

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; CASPOFUNGIN; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; VORICONAZOLE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCARDITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CORONARY STENOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC;

EID: 34247174314     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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