Neisseria elongata Subsp. nitroreducens endocarditis in a seven-year-old boy [4]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 391-392

  Hoshino, Tadashi ^a   Ohkusu, Kiyofumi ^a   Sudo, Fusayo ^a   Nakajima, Hiromichi ^a   Ishiwada, Naruhiko ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a   Kohno, Yoichi ^a  

^a CHIBA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN PLUS CLOXACILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; PANIPENEM PLUS BETAMIPRON;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 17144423193     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000157350.32886.ae     Document Type: Letter

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