Lethal candida sepsis associated with myeloperoxidase deficiency and pre-eclampsia: Case report

APMIS

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 875-880

  Kalinski, Thomas ^a   Jentsch Ullrich, Kathleen ^a   Fill, Sara ^a   König, Brigitte ^a   Costa, Serban Dan ^a   Roessner, Albert ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida sepsis; Myeloperoxidase deficiency; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; CATECHOLAMINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LEG EDEMA; LUNG INFECTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TOXEMIA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; ESOPHAGITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; PEROXIDASE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS;

EID: 34447093944     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2007.apm_600.x     Document Type: Article

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