Candida famata-induced fulminating cholecystitis

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 795-796

  Araujo, Paulo Sergio Ramos de ^a,b   Medeiros, Zulma ^b   Melo, Fabio Lopes de ^a   Maciel, Maria Amélia ^a   Melo, Heloisa Ramos Lacerda de ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida; Cholecystitis; Gallbladder

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MEROPENEM; PANCREAS ENZYME; TEICOPLANIN; UREA;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA FAMATA INFECTION; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSURIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROTEINURIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHOCK; URINALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84892727589     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0162-2013     Document Type: Article

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