Nosocomial methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis with splenic abscess in a pregnant woman

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 323-325

  Ozkurt, Zulal ^a,c   Erkut, Bilgehan ^a   Kadanali, Ayten ^a   Ates, Azman ^a   Yekeler, Ibrahim ^b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXYGEN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ECHOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NONHUMAN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENECTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SPLEEN DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SPLENIC DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 27744606011     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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