Endocarditis due to Propionibacterium granulosum

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1178-1179

  Armstrong, Robert W ^a,b   Wuerflein, Robert D ^b  

^a Good Samaritan Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM GRANULOSUM; SKIN INFECTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029861423     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.5.1178     Document Type: Article

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