Conservative treatment of prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 539-541

  Kunin, M ^a   Salamon, F ^a   Weinberger, M ^a   Genkin, I ^a   Sagie, A ^a   Tur Kaspa, R ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MEROPENEM;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 0036042620     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0763-8     Document Type: Article

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