Cardiobacterium hominis bioprosthetic mitral valve endocarditis presenting as septic arthritis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-81

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Johnson, Raymond M ^a   Braverman, Alan C ^a   Dunne, William Michael ^a   Little, J Russell ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioprosthetic valve endocarditis; Cardiobacterium hominis; Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis; Fastidious microorganism; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MITRAL VALVE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036164202     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00339-X     Document Type: Article

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