Endocarditis Caused by Candida dubliniensis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 346, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-239

  Garcia, Jessica ^a   Soch, Kathleen ^a,b   Matthew, Earl ^a   Surani, Salim ^a,b,c,d   Horseman, Michael A ^a,e,f  

^a Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi Memorial   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e 613 Elizabeth Street   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungals; Candida dubliniensis; Prosthetic valve endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; ENOXAPARIN; ESTERASE; FLUCONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; TROPONIN I; VANCOMYCIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ABSCESS; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; DYSPNEA; DYSURIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; MALAISE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; T WAVE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 84883704563     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31829d5843     Document Type: Article

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