A case of isolated tricuspid valve infective endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Takayama, Reiko ^a   Motoyasu, Munenobu ^a   Seko, Tetsuya ^a   Kuroda, Kenji ^a   Yamanaka, Takashi ^a   Obe, Toshihide ^a   Yada, Takashi ^a   Konishi, Tokuji ^a   Fujinaga, Kazuya ^a   Kondoh, Chiaki ^a   Mizutani, Tetsuo ^a  

^a Mie Prefectural General Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abiotrophia defectiva; Isolated tricuspid valve infective endocarditis; Septic pulmonary emboli

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; FEVER; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 34047122575     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.05.063     Document Type: Article

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