Kytococcus schroeteri endocarditis [9]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 179-180

  Le Brun, Cécile ^a   Bouet, Julien ^a   Gautier, Philippe ^a   Avril, Jean Loup ^a   Gaillot, Olivier ^a,b  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFONAMIDE; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART ABSCESS; HUMAN; KYTOCOCCUS SCHROETERI; LETTER; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE; SKIN ALLERGY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 11844276598     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1101.040761     Document Type: Letter

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