Aerococcus urinae endocarditis: Case report and review of the literature

Infection

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 310-313

  Ebnother C ^a   Altwegg, M ^a   Gottschalk, J ^a   Seebach, J D ^a   Kronenberg, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

AEROCOCCUS URINAE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; PHIMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STENOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036389393     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-002-3106-x     Document Type: Article

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