Disseminated Ochroconis gallopava infection in a heart transplant patient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Cardeau Desangles, I ^a   Fabre, A ^a   Cointault, O ^a   Guitard, J ^a   Esposito, L ^a   Iriart, X ^a,b   Berry, A ^a,b   Valentin, A ^a,b   Cassaing, S ^a,b   Kamar, N ^a,b  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Disseminated mycosis; Heart transplantation; Immunosuppression; Ochroconis gallopava; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASPOFUNGIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; ITRACONAZOLE; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VORICONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMA; CONFUSION; CONIDIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FATIGUE; FEVER; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCHROCONIS GALLOPAVA; OCHROCONIS GALLOPAVA INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WHOLE BODY CT;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PERITONEUM; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84878635234     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12084     Document Type: Article

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