Endocarditis and pericarditis complicating pneumococcal bacteraemia, with special reference to the adhesive abilities of pneumococci: Results from a prospective study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 338-344

  Kan, B ^a   Ries, J ^b   Normark, B Henriques ^b   Chang, F Y ^c   Feldman, C ^d   Ko, W C ^e   Rello, J ^f   Snydman, D R ^g   Yu, V L ^h   Ortqvist, Ake ^a,i  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adhesive ability; Bacteraemia; Endocarditis; Pericarditis; Pneumococci; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ENCAPSULATION; ENDOCARDITIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33644766970     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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