Death from Inappropriate Therapy for Lyme Disease
Open Access
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (4) , 1107-1109
- https://doi.org/10.1086/318138
Abstract
A 30-year-old woman died as a result of a large Candida parapsilosis septic thrombus located on the tip of a Groshong catheter. The catheter had beenKeywords
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