Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Veillonella parvula

Journal of Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-83

  Boo, T W ^a   Cryan, B ^a   O'Donnell, A ^a   Fahy, G ^b  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^b SOUTH INFIRMARY VICTORIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Embolism; Endocarditis; Metronidazole; Prosthetic valve; Surgery; Veillonella parvula

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; KANAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PARESIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; VEILLONELLA; VEILLONELLA PARVULA;

ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 11144267360     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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