Spinal abscess and mitral valve endocarditis secondary to asymptomatic fusobacterium-induced dental abscess

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 368-369

  Goolamali, S I ^a,b   Carulli, M T ^a   Davies, U M ^a  

^a EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDATE SODIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTUBATION; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD ABSCESS; TOOTH ABSCESS; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 33746564621     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.7.368     Document Type: Article

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