Lactobacillus endocarditis: Case report and literature review

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 134-136

  See, Joseph R H ^a   Czachor, John S ^a,b   Brown, George R ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Weber Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DAIRY PRODUCT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS ENDOCARDITIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 33744499179     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000202255.89175.81     Document Type: Review

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