Infective endocarditis due to Moraxella lacunata: Report of 4 patients and review of published cases of Moraxella endocarditis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 878-881

  Maayan, Hannah ^a   Cohen Poradosu, Ronit ^b   Halperin, Efraim ^c   Rudensky, Bernard ^a,d   Schlesinger, Yechiel ^a   Yinnon, Amos M ^a   Raveh, David ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; OXACILLIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MORAXELLA; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLA LACUNATA; MORAXELLA LIQUEFACIENS; MORAXELLA NONLIQUEFACIENS; MORAXELLA OSLOENSIS; MORAXELLA PHENYLPERUVICA; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTION; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLA; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11344261489     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410024925     Document Type: Review

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