title: Aortoventricular fistula and abscess caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in a hemodialysis patient.
authors.affiliation: Echocardiography Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA.
authors.forename: Suraj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maraj
authors.forename: Larry E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Enakshi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bajpai
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crespo
authors.forename: Morris N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kotler
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D018450:Disease Progression; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery