Endocarditis due to Mycoplasma hominis [2];Endocarditis por Mycoplasma hominis

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 470-471

  Hidalgo Tenorio, C ^a   Pasquau, J ^a   Lopez Checa S ^a   Lopez Ruz M A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ATENOLOL; GENTAMICIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33749407743     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13091789     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Fenollar F, Gauduchon V, Casalta JP, Lepidi H, Vandenesch F, Raoult D. Mycoplasma endocarditis: two case reports and a review. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;38:21-4.
2. Blasco M, Torres L, Marco ML, Moles B, Villuendas MC, García Moya JB. Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Mycoplasma hominis. Eut J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2000;19:638-40.
3. Disesa VJ, Sloss LJ, Cohn LH. Heart transplantation for intractable prosthetic valve endocarditis. J Heart Transplant. 1990;9:142-3.
4. Cohen JI, Sloss LJ, Kundsin K, Golightly L. Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Mycoplasma hominis. Am J Med. 1989;86:819-21.
5. Popat K, Barnardo D, Webb-Peploe M. Mycoplasma pneumoniae endocarditis. Br Heart J. 1980;44:111-2.
6. Houpikian P, Raoult D. Blood culture-negative endocarditis in a reference center: etiologic diagnosis of 348 cases. Medicine (Baltimore). 2005;84:162-73.
7. Arya OP, Tong CY, Hart CA, Pratt BC, Hughes S, Roberts P, et al. Is Mycoplasma hominis a vaginal pathogen? Sex Transm Infect. 2001;77:58-62.
8. Brouqui P, Raoult D. Endocarditis due to rare and fastidious bacteria. Clin Microb Rev. 2001;14:117-207.
9. Dosa E, Nagy E, Falk W, Szoke I, Ballies U. Evaluation of the Etest for susceptibility testing of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum. J Antimicrob Chemother. 1999;43:575-8.
10. Almeda FQ, Tenorio AR, Barkatullah S, Parrillo JE, Simon DM. Infective endocarditis due to Haemophilus aphrophilus treated with levofloxacin. Am J Med. 2002;113:702-4.