Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Staphylococcus saccharolyticus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 722-723

  Krishnan, Subbarayan ^a   Haglund, Lisa ^a   Ashfaq, Akthar ^a   Leist, Phyllis ^a   Roat, Todd W ^a  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029836870     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.4.722     Document Type: Article

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