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377. High Resistance and Mortality Rates in Patients With Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)-Associated Candidemia: A Need for Alternative Antifungal Strategies

BACKGROUND: VADs are increasingly utilized in the management of end-stage heart disease. Infections are frequently encountered in VAD patients, are difficult to manage, and delay heart transplant. Prior studies have illustrated that fungal infections are rarer than bacterial infections but carry a h...

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Autores principales: Fong, Gary, Beyda, Nicholas D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253690/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.388

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