Corynebacterium jeikeium endocarditis: A systematic overview spanning four decades

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 349-353

  Mookadam, F ^a   Cikes, M ^b   Baddour, L M ^c   Tleyjeh, I M ^c   Mookadam, M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TELITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM JEIKEIUM; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33745077115     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0145-8     Document Type: Review

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