Endocarditis/endovascular infection associated with Nocardia

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 262-266

  Antony, Suresh J ^a   Stivers, Michelle ^b   Rivera, José O ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Infection, endovascular; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33751318221     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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