Neonatal Candida albicans septic thrombosis of the portal vein followed by cavernous transformation of the vessel

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4379-4382

  Pacifico, Lucia ^a,b   Panero, Alessandra ^a   Colarizi, Patrizia ^a   Matrunola, Marco ^a   Simonetti, Antonella F ^a   Chiesa, Claudio ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PREGNANCY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 4644236650     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4379-4382.2004     Document Type: Article

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