A rare case of pleuropulmonary infection and septic shock associated with Enterococcus faecium endocarditis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-88

  MacEachern, Paul ^a   Giannoccaro, J Peter ^a   Elsayed, Sameer ^b   Read, Ronald R ^a   Laupland, Kevin B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empyema; Endocarditis; Enterococcus; Pneumonia; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PHENYLEPHRINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPYEMA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; PLEURISY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; EMPYEMA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 11144281438     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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