Case Report of Staphylococcus lugdunensis Native Valve Endocarditis and Review of the Literature

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 673-677

  Teong, H H ^a   Leo, Y S ^b   Wong, S Y ^b   Sng, L H ^b   Ding, Z P ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Coagulase negative staphylococcus; Endocarditis; Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; COAGULASE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034268505     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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