Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1120-1123

  Kholeif, Mona A ^a   Kinsara, Abdulhalim J ^a   George, Boniface O ^a   Mowallad, Abdulfattah W ^a   Bugis, Fakri A ^b   Osoba, Abimbola O ^a  

^a KING KHALID NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHD ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Enterococcal

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; CAPTOPRIL; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FATALITY; GALLBLADDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROFLORA; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MOUTH CAVITY; PERINEUM; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036756754     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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