Investigation of blood culture-negative early prosthetic valve endocarditis reveals high prevalence of fungi

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 743-747

  Thuny, Franck ^a,b   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a,b   Casalta, Jean Paul ^b   Gouriet, Frédérique ^a,b   Lepidi, Hubert ^a,b   Riberi, Alberto ^b   Collart, Frédéric ^b   Habib, Gilbert ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPROSTHESIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952734725     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.181594     Document Type: Article

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