Fatal case of endocarditis due to Weissella confusa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2237-2239

  Flaherty, James D ^a   Levett, Paul N ^b   Dewhirst, Floyd E ^c   Troe, Theodore E ^a   Warren, John R ^a,f   Johnson, Stuart ^a,d,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCARDITIS; FATALITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEISSELLA CONFUSA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; WEISSELLA CONFUSA;

EID: 0037613671     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2237-2239.2003     Document Type: Article

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