Pneumococcal endocarditis with pneumonia, meningitis and brain abcess in an alcoholic smoker;Endocardite, méningite, pneumopathie et abcès cérébral à pneumocoque chez un alcoolo-tabagique

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 545-547

  Vandenbos, F ^a,b   Roth, S ^a   Montagne, N ^a  

^a Hôpital de Cannes   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; SMOKING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN ABSCESS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0035159616     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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