Recurrent prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus colonizing skin lesions in severe atopic dermatitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 571-573

  Yamamoto, Takeshi ^a   Yodogawa, Kenji ^a   Wakita, Satoshi ^a   Ogano, Michio ^a   Tokita, Miwa ^a   Miyagi, Yasuo ^a   Sato, Naoki ^a   Nitta, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Keiji ^a   Takano, Teruo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Prosthetic valve endocarditis; Skin lesion colonization; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL COUNT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34249686474     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6207     Document Type: Article

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