A rare case of infective endocarditis complicated by Trichosporon asahii fungemia treated by surgery

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 350-353

  Izumi, Kenta ^a   Hisata, Yoichi ^a   Hazama, Shiro ^a  

^a Sasebo Shiritsu Sogo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep seated trichosporonosis; Fungemia; Infective endocarditis; Surgery; Trichosporon asahii

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN;

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYCOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOSPORON; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICINS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MYCOSES; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 72049131825     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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