Lecythophora mutabilis prosthetic valve endocarditis in a diabetic patient

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 463-467

  Drees, Marci ^a   Wickes, Brian L ^b   Gupta, Mamta ^a   Hadley, Susan ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dematiaceous fungi; Endocarditis; Lecythophora mutabilis; Phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASPOFUNGIN; MINOCYCLINE; POSACONAZOLE; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LECYTHOPHORA MUTABILIS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; ASCOMYCOTA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PYRIMIDINES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

FUNGI; LECYTHOPHORA MUTABILIS;

EID: 34547612854     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701386007     Document Type: Article

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