Fever, negative blood culture and absent response to antibiotics in a patient after a second aortic valve replacement;Fieber, negative blutkulturbefunde und fehlen des ansprechens auf antibiotikatherapie bei einem patienten nach erneutem aortenklappenersatz

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 42, 1998, Pages 1235-1238

  Miljak, T ^a   Schmeiser, Th ^a   Hofgartner F ^a   Sigel, H ^a  

^a KLINIK AM EICHERT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEVER; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0032538586     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1024162     Document Type: Article

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