Successful treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacterial endocarditis in a renal transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 144-146

  D'Cunha, Prakas T ^a,c   Davenport, D S ^b   Fisher, K A ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Nephrology   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Kidney transplantation; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NAFCILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PRESERVATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242354869     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2003.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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