Bacteremia and Possible Endocarditis Caused by Moraxella phenylpyruvica

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 708-709

  Guttigoli, Amit ^a   Zaman, Muhammad M ^a,b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b State University of New York Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORAXELLA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; MORAXELLA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLINS;

EID: 0034219363     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200007000-00014     Document Type: Article

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