Mycobacterium fortuitum complex endocarditis - Case report and literature review

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-129

  Olalla, J ^a   Pombo, M ^a   Aguado, J M ^a   Rodriguez E ^a   Palenque, E ^a   Costa, J R ^a   Rioperez E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chelonae; Endocarditis; Fortuitum

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM;

EID: 0036463175     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1198-743x.2001.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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