Successful treatment of prosthetic aortic valve mucormycosis.
Chest
; 116(6): 1818-20, 1999 Dec.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10593814
Mucor endocarditis after cardiovascular surgery is rare and usually fatal. We report the first known case of prosthetic aortic valve mucormycosis in a patient without predisposing risk factors who was successfully treated using a combination of early antifungal drug therapy and surgical removal of infected material.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Valva Aórtica
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Próteses Valvulares Cardíacas
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Infecções Relacionadas à Prótese
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Mucormicose
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article