A case of multiple brain infarctions associated with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 434-436

  Ko, Sang Bae ^a   Kim, Dong Eog ^a   Kwon, Hyung min ^a   Roh, Jae Kyu ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; MITRAL VALVE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN INFARCTION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037335891     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.3.434     Document Type: Article

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