Candida dubliniensis in recurrent polymicrobial tricuspid endocarditis

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 756-759

  Tran, Christel ^a   Cometta, Alain ^a   Letovanec, Igor ^a   Jaton, Katia ^a   Wenger, Aline ^a   Ruchat, Patrick ^a   Jaussi, Andres ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fungal endocarditis; Recurrent endocarditis; Right heart endocarditis; Surgery in endocarditis; Transthoracic echocardiography; Vegetation size

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HEART DILATATION; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; YEAST;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 34447619306     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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