Endocarditis caused by Enterococcus faecalis with high-level resistance to aminoglycosides: Failure of ampicillin and ceftriaxone combined therapy [3]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 577-579

  Venditti, M ^a   Brandimarte, C ^a   Capone, A ^a   Cassone, M ^a   Galie, M ^a   Tarasi, A ^a   Tarasi, D ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030831566     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00314.x     Document Type: Article

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