Double prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-52

  Claes, K ^a   De Man, F ^a   Van De Werf, F ^a   Peetermans, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Heart valve prosthesis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033966139     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100050013     Document Type: Article

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