Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata in a patient with Klinefelter's syndrome

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 860-862

  Evans, Morgan ^a   Yazdani, Farah ^a   Malnick, Henry ^b   Shah, Jayesh J ^b   Turner, David P J ^a,c  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; RNA 16S; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; NAUSEA; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RIGOR; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

AGED; AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KINGELLA; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 34250324311     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47155-0     Document Type: Article

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