Fatal mycotic aneurysms due to Scedosporium and Pseudallescheria infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2067-2071

  Ong, Adrian ^a   Blyth, Christopher C ^b   Bency, Rosamma ^a   Vicaretti, Mauro ^a   Harun, Azian ^c   Meyer, Wieland ^c   Shingde, Meena ^a   Gilroy, Nicky ^a   Chapman, Jeremy ^a   Chen, Sharon C A ^a,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUNGAL DNA; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS; TIMENTIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPHASIA; FINGER INJURY; FLANK PAIN; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINE ABSCESS; SPINE DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AORTA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; PYRIMIDINES; SCEDOSPORIUM; TRIAZOLES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

PSEUDALLESCHERIA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII; SCEDOSPORIUM;

EID: 79955537637     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02615-10     Document Type: Article

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