Isolated right-sided Bartonella quintana endocarditis in an immunocompetent adult

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-425

  Bruneel, Fabrice ^a   D'Estanque, Joelle ^b   Fournier, Pierre E ^c   Arlet, Guillaume ^d   Thuong, Marie ^a   Wolff, Michel ^a   Bédos, Jean Pierre ^a   Lariven, Sylvie ^a   Régnier, Bernard ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^c CNRS UPRES A 6020   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CASE REPORT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; SEROLOGY;

AGED; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE;

EID: 0031736662     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549850160783     Document Type: Article

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