Journal article
Aortic homograft endocarditis caused by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa.
- Maeder M Department of Surgery, Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery,University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
- Vogt PR
- Schaer G
- von Graevenitz A
- Günthard HF
- 2003-06-06
Published in:
- Infection. - 2003
Antifungal Agents
Aortic Valve
Combined Modality Therapy
Endocarditis, Bacterial
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycoses
Reoperation
Rhodotorula
Risk Assessment
Transplantation, Homologous
Treatment Outcome
English
Serious infections caused by Rhodotorula spp. are rare and usually occur in immunocompromised people, especially in patients with tumors and long-time use of indwelling central venous catheters. We report a case of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa homograft endocarditis in an otherwise healthy man, which was successfully treated by surgery in combination with amphotericin B and subsequently intraconazole.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1007/s15010-002-3155-1
- PMID 12789478
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/253218
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