Bacterial endocarditis caused by abiotrophia defectiva (nutritionally variant streptococci)

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 594-596

  Verghese, Susan ^a   Mullasari, Ajit ^a   Padmaja, P ^a   Mathew, T ^a   Elizabeth, S J ^a   Chitra, A K ^a   Anitha, A ^a   Maria, C F ^a   Cherian, K M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; GENTAMICIN;

ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034467953     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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