Corynebacterium minutissimum endocarditis: A case report and review

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Aperis, George ^a,b   Moyssakis, Ioannis ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacterial endocarditis; Corynebacterium minutissimum; Corynebacterium non diftheriae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM MINUTISSIMUM; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOCARDITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; RARE DISEASE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33846240966     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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