Candida endocarditis after heart surgery
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Candida endocarditis after heart surgery.
Four new cases of Candida endocarditis after heart surgery are described and predisposing factors are discussed. Details are given of the one patient diagnosed in life and treated successfully with amphotericin B. CASE REPORTS CASE 1 A 29-year-old man had suffered for five years from progressive angina and breathlessness on effort due to aortic stenosis. On 6 January 1966 his bicuspid, tightly ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.23.4.353