Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis following lower extremity revascularization

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Viganego, Federico ^a   Nazir, Talat M ^a   Lee, Ching Y ^b   Hafner, Jean Paul ^b   Smith, Raymond ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Lower extremity revascularization; Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANASARCA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; SYMPTOM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; REPERFUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33846922292     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.172     Document Type: Article

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