Native valve endocarditis due to Gordonia polyisoprenivorans: Case report and review of literature of bloodstream infections caused by Gordonia species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1905-1908

  Verma, Punam ^a,c   Brown, June M ^b   Nunez, Victor H ^a   Morey, Roger E ^b   Steigerwalt, Arnold G ^b   Pellegrini, Gerald J ^b   Kessler, Harold A ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GORDONIA; GORDONIA POLYISOPRENIVORANS; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

GORDONIA POLYISOPRENIVORANS;

EID: 33646572204     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1905-1908.2006     Document Type: Review

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