Scedosporium apiospermum pacemaker endocarditis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Foo, Hong ^a   Ooi, Sze Yuan ^a   Giles, Robert ^a   Jones, Philip ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arteritis; Endocarditis; Fungal; Pacemaker; Scedosporium apiospermum

Indexed keywords

FUSIDIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MYCOSIS; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PACEMAKER INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; SEPSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOCARDITIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MYCETOMA; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SCEDOSPORIUM;

EID: 57549106418     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.07.056     Document Type: Article

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