Aortoventricular fistula and abscess caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in a hemodialysis patient

Echocardiography. 2003 Nov;20(8):737-8. doi: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2003.02142.x.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / complications
  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Abscess / drug therapy
  • Abscess / microbiology*
  • Adult
  • Disease Progression
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Enterococcus / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus / isolation & purification
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / complications
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Diseases / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Renal Dialysis / methods
  • Risk Assessment
  • Vancomycin Resistance*
  • Vascular Fistula / complications
  • Vascular Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vascular Fistula / surgery