Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Acinetobacter lwoffi: A case report and review

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-49

  Starakis, Ioannis ^a   Blikas, Alexandros ^a   Siagris, Dimitrios ^a   Marangos, Markos ^a   Karatza, Chrysoula ^a   Bassaris, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter lwoffi; Prosthetic valve endocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TICARCILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ACINETOBACTER; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REOPERATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; REOPERATION;

EID: 33644873406     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000163801.67781.a2     Document Type: Review

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