Native valve endocarditis caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria: Case report and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 639-641

  Corrales Medina, Vicente ^a   Concha, Ronald ^b   Simkins, Jacques ^c   Sanchez, Mayra ^c   Baracco, Gio ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MURMUR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; NONHUMAN; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 34347341653     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540601169745     Document Type: Article

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