Postpartum group B streptococcal tricuspid valve endocarditis

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 883-884

  Shimoni, Zvi ^a   David, Mordechai Ben ^a   Niven, Mark J ^a  

^a LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Group B streptococcus; Normal delivery; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG INFILTRATE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEUTROPHIL; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; PULSE RATE; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VAGINA SECRETION;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 33845863395     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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