Endocarditis due to Chryseobacterium meningosepticum

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-162

  Bomb, K ^a   Arora, A ^a   Trehan, N ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Chryseobacterium meningosepticum; Endocarditis; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TICARCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 34250809642     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.32728     Document Type: Article

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