Infective endocarditis due to Abiotrophia defectiva: A report of two cases

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-36

  Lainscak, Mitja ^a   Lejko Zupanc, Tatjana ^b   Strumbelj, Iztok ^c   Gasparac, Ivan ^a   Mueller Premru, Manica ^d   Pirs, Mateja ^b  

^a General Hospital Murska Sobota   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Regional Institute for Public Health   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AORTA VALVE; DRUG COMBINATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; CEFTRIAXONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 17944364279     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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