HACEK endocarditis in infants and children: Two cases and a literature review

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 557-562

  Feder Jr , Henry M ^a,c   Roberts, Jenna C ^a,b   Salazar, Juan C ^a   Leopold, Harris B ^a   Toro Salazar, Olga ^a  

^a Farmington   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; HACEK; Haemophilus parainfluenzae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037525721     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200306000-00014     Document Type: Article

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