Kodamaea ohmeri tricuspid valve endocarditis with right ventricular inflow obstruction in a neonate with structurally normal heart

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-80

  Sundaram, Ponnusamy S ^a   Bijulal, Sasidharan ^a   Tharakan, Jaganmohan A ^a   Antony, Molly ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; fungal infection; Kodamaea ohmeri; native IE

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KODAMAEA OHMERI; KODAMAEA OHMERI TRICUSPID VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PICHIA; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 79955386557     PISSN: 09742069     EISSN: 09745149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.79632     Document Type: Article

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