Endocarditis due to a new rod-shaped Neisseria sp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 886-889

  Michaux Charachon, Sylvie ^a,b   Lavigne, Jean Philippe ^a,b,e   Le Flèche, Anne ^c   Bouziges, Nicole ^a   Sotto, Albert ^d   Grimont, Patrick A D ^c  

^a NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d Laboratoire Universitaire d'Antibiologie   (France)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; OFLOXACIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEISSERIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA SP.; UNCULTURED ORGANISM;

EID: 13844294401     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.886-889.2005     Document Type: Article

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