Endocarditis associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies: A case report and review of the literature

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 590-595

  Chirinos, Julio A ^a,b   Corrales Medina, Vicente F ^a   Garcia, Santiago ^a   Lichtstein, Daniel M ^a   Bisno, Alan L ^a   Chakko, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; Endocarditis; Wegener granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; AORTIC VALVE; ENDOCARDITIS, SUBACUTE BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33847623016     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0176-z     Document Type: Article

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