Fungal endocarditis

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 276-282

  Nadir, Eyal ^b   Rubinstein, Ethan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CANDIDA; CHILL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOULD; MYCOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; YEAST;

EID: 4444383255     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-004-0048-8     Document Type: Review

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