Candida kefyr endocarditis in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-189

  Chopra, Teena ^a   Bhargava, Ashish ^a   Kumar, Sachin ^a   Chopra, Anita ^a   Dhar, Sorabh ^a   Afonso, Luis ^b   Sobel, Jack D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida kefyr; Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy; Infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; FLUCONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; CYSTOSCOPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; KIDNEY TUMOR; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; NEPHRECTOMY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URETER STENT; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

EID: 77049108464     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181c0d945     Document Type: Article

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