Ascending aortic graft thrombosis from an endoluminal candida albicans infection.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Cardiac Surgery Section, University of Parma, Parma, Italy francesco.nicolini@unipr.it.
Francesco
F
Nicolini
Cardiac Surgery Department, Parma Hospital, Parma, Italy.
Alessandro Maria
AM
Budillon
Cardiac Surgery Department, Parma Hospital, Parma, Italy.
Bruno
B
Borrello
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Cardiac Surgery Section, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Tiziano
T
Gherli
D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cardiac surgery; Fungal endocarditis; Thoracic aorta