A case of endocarditis due to Granulicatella adiacens [3]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 576-577

  Perkins, A ^a   Osorio, S ^a   Serrano, M ^a   del Ray, M C ^a   Sarria C ^a   Domingo, D ^a   Lopez Brea M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABIOTROPHIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GRANULICATELLA; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS;

EID: 0037626379     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00646.x     Document Type: Letter

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