Pseudomonas aeruginosa infective endocarditis presenting as bacterial meningitis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Venkatesan, Arun ^a   Spalding, Cassie ^a   Speedie, Andrea ^a   Sinha, Gita ^a   Rumbaugh, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Meningitis; Mitral annular calcification; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MENINGISM; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECK MUSCLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DEFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CULTURE; VOMITING;

ACYCLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CEPHALOSPORINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 28044469087     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.019     Document Type: Article

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