Conservative management of a brain abscess in a patient with Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 476-478

  Gianella, S ^a   Ulrich, S ^a   Huttner, B ^a   Speich, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; BRAIN ABSCESS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICINS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RIFAMPIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746103239     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0169-0     Document Type: Article

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