A case of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis after ear piercing in a patient with normal cardiac valve and a questionnaire survey on adverse events of body piercing in college students of Korea

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-132

  Lee, Sang Hee ^a   Chung, Moon Hyun ^a   Lee, Jin Soo ^a   Kim, Eun Sil ^a   Suh, Jung Gee ^a  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BODY PIERCING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EAR; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KOREA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BODY PIERCING; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 32144457694     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500276088     Document Type: Article

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