Histoplasma capsulatum prosthetic valve endocarditis with negative fungal blood cultures and negative Histoplasma antigen assay in an immunocompetent patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4664-4666

  Jinno, Sadao ^a   Gripshover, Barbara M ^a   Lemonovich, Tracy L ^a   Anderson, James M ^a   Jacobs, Michael R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BLOOD; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS;

EID: 78650138909     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01390-10     Document Type: Article

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