Successful medical treatment of Candida endocarditis with liposomal amphotericin B without surgical intervention

Eur J Pediatr. 2008 Apr;167(4):469-70. doi: 10.1007/s00431-007-0498-8. Epub 2007 May 15.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Candida albicans / genetics
  • Candidiasis / diagnosis
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy*
  • Candidiasis / microbiology
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Contraindications
  • DNA, Fungal / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Endocarditis / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis / drug therapy*
  • Endocarditis / microbiology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liposomes
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • DNA, Fungal
  • Liposomes
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B