41-Year old patient with fever of unknown origin and bacteriaemia with Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans;41-Jähriger Patient mit unklarem Fieber und Bakteriämie mit Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Internist

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1180-1185

  Rosenkranz, S ^a   Topelt K ^b   Seifert, H ^b   Erdmann, E ^b   Fatkenheuer G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Actinobacillus; Endocarditis; Fever of unknown origin; HACEK microorganisms; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CASE REPORT; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; HAEMOPHILUS APHROPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HUMAN; KINGELLA KINGAE; MALE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INFECTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODONTITIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141447815     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00108-003-1015-4     Document Type: Article

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