Fatal Burkholderia cepacia early prosthetic valve endocarditis: A very rare case and a review of the literature

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-274

  Aggarwal, Neera ^a   Garg, Sheetal ^a   Pannu, Harshbir S ^a   Kler, Tarlochan S ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; POLYMYXIN B; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24344432089     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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