Moraxella catarrhalis endocarditis: Report of a case and literature review

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 114-117

  Neumayer, Ulrike ^a,b   Schmidt, Henning K ^a   Mellwig, Klaus P ^a   Kleikamp, Georg ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033034456     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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