Infective endocarditis due to Actinomyces neuii

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-183

  Cohen, Eytan ^a   Bishara, Jihad ^a   Medalion, Benjamin ^a   Sagie, Alex ^b   Garty, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES NEUII; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33847103779     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600802007     Document Type: Article

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