Oerskovia xanthineolytica endocarditis in a renal transplant patient: Case report and review of the literature

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 195-198

  Urbina, B Y ^a   Gohh, R ^b   Fischer, Staci A ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Oerskovia; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DONOR; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OERSKOVIA XANTHINEOLYTICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 2342634421     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2003.00034.x     Document Type: Review

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