A case of colonization of a prosthetic mitral valve by Acremonium strictum

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-148

  Guarro, Josep ^a   del Palacio, Amalia ^b   Gené, Josep ^a   Cano, Josep ^a   González, Carmen Gómez ^b  

^a FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acremonium strictum; Opportunistic fungi; Prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; AZTREONAM; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; RAVUCONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACREMONIUM; ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGURIA; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POLYNEUROPATHY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACREMONIUM; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, FUNGAL; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; FUNGI;

EID: 67650594785     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1406(09)70025-7     Document Type: Article

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