Endocarditis due to a novel Cardiobacterium species [8]

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-230

  Hoover, Susan E ^a   Fischer, Steven H ^a   Shaffer, Rebecca ^b   Steinberg, Bryan M ^b   Lucey, Daniel R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ENDOCARDITIS; FATIGUE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13244276362     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-3-200502010-00030     Document Type: Letter

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