Epidemiology of Candida endocarditis

Current Fungal Infection Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 306-310

  Mohammadi, Shahrzad ^a   Mohammadi, Jwan ^a   Forrest, Graeme N ^a  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidemia; Cardiac devices; Epidemiology; Prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ENDOCARDITIS; CANDIDEMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

EID: 84890466873     PISSN: 19363761     EISSN: 1936377X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12281-013-0158-6     Document Type: Article

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