Granulicatella elegans native valve infective endocarditis: case report and review

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 439-441

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a   Kiwan, Ghassan ^a   Murrar, Haithem ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Granulicatella; Granulicatella elegans

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; GRANULICATELLA ELEGANS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULOPLASTY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE;

EID: 34047152703     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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