Diagnosis of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans infective endocarditis after steadily negative blood cultures [5]

Journal of Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 208-210

  Rottman, Martin ^a,b   Hanau Berçot, Béatrice ^a   Fiszbin, Maurice ^a   Raskine, Laurent ^a   Gravisse, Jérôme ^a   Caulin, Charles ^a   Sanson Le Pors, Marie José ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; VALVULOPLASTY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0036556384     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2002.0967     Document Type: Editorial

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