Neisseria elongata endocarditis: Case report and literature review

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 426-430

  Haddow, L J ^a   Mulgrew, C ^a   Ansari, A ^a   Miell, J ^a   Jackson, G ^a   Malnick, H ^b   Gopal Rao, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Neisseria elongata

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH FLORA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA ELONGATA;

EID: 0038546772     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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