Fatal mycotic aneurysm caused by Pseudallescheria boydii after near drowning

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-247

  Ortmann, C ^a   Wullenweber J ^b   Brinkmann, B ^c,d   Fracasso, T ^d  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM DORTMUND   (Germany)

^c Forensische Genetik   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mycotic aneurysms; Near drowning; Pseudallescheria boydii

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; NEAR DROWNING; PATHOLOGY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; NEAR DROWNING; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77954563077     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-009-0336-9     Document Type: Article

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