Cluster of invasive infections, including endocarditis, caused by nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae [4]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1144-1145

  Kakis, Anthony ^a   Hartung, Beth ^a   Lambert, Larry ^a   McCabe, Robert ^a   Marston, Chung K ^b   Popovic, Tanja ^b  

^a Alameda County Medical Center   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33750344189     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000240699.50846.fd     Document Type: Letter

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