Fatal bioprosthetic aortic valve endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium valvarum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2324-2326

  Geißdörfer, Walter ^a   Tandler, René ^a   Schlundt, Christian ^a   Weyand, Michael ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Schoerner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CARDIOBACTERIUM VALVARUM; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; GERMANY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIOBACTERIUM; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

CARDIOBACTERIUM VALVARUM;

EID: 34547632683     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00400-07     Document Type: Article

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