Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis of the mitral valve in a heart transplant recipient: a case report

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 453-456

  Morio, Florent ^a,b   Treilhaud, Michèle ^a   Lepelletier, Didier ^a   Le Pape, Patrice ^a,b   Rigal, Jean Claude ^a   Delile, Laurent ^a   Robert, Jean Philippe ^a   Al Habash, Ousama ^a   Miegeville, Michel ^a,b   Gay Andrieu, Françoise ^a,b  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Aspergillus endocarditis; Galactomannan antigen; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN; GALACTOMANNAN; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODENSITOMETRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 56249109394     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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