Infective endocarditis due to acinetobacter baumannii complex - A case report

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 576-578

  Menon, Thangam ^a   Shanmugasundaram, S ^b   Nandhakumar, B ^a   Nalina, K ^a   Balasubramaniam, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii complex; Infective endocarditis; Ruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; SEPSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33845619887     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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