Endocarditis due to Rothia dentocariosa complicated by septic cerebral embolism [6];Endocarditis por Rothia dentocariosa complicada por embolias sépticas cerebrales

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-256

  Almuzara, Marisa Nancy ^a   Mariñansky, Ana Laura ^b   Valenzuela, Valeria Carolina ^b   Vay, Carlos Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Hosp Interzonal A Gen S Martin   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROTHIA; SEPSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANISOCORIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MICROCOCCACEAE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PARESIS; PENICILLINS; PURPURA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 2342594601     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13059063     Document Type: Letter

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