Successful treatment of Candida parapsilosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection using medical and surgical management in an injecting drug user with mitral and aortic valve endocarditis: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Daas, Hanady ^a   Abuhmaid, Fadi ^a   Zervos, Marcus ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; IMIPENEM; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CANDIDA ENDOCARDITIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 72249104301     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-6598     Document Type: Article

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