A case of acute aortic valve endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae acquired from fish

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 392-394

  Arif, Muhammad ^a  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; NITRATE; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; FATALITY; FINGER INJURY; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HEART SURGERY; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EDEMA; MALAISE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NIGHT SWEAT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SHOCK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0142184800     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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