Fungal (Candida) endocarditis following open-heart surgery
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Fatal fungal infection following open-heart surgery.
It is now common practice to give large doses of antibiotics, usually in combination, to patients undergoing open-heart surgery. As a result the risks of bacterial infection have been much reduced. There remains, however, a hazard of fungal infection at the operation site in the heart or great vessels, with disseminated lesions following arterial embolism. Since 1956, 19 such cases have been re...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1965
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)33199-x