Three fatal cases of rapidly progressive infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus - One case with huge vegetation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1488-1491

  Miyata, Eri ^a   Satoh, Shinji ^a   Inokuchi, Kosuke ^b   Aso, Akemi ^a   Kimura, Yoshikuni ^a   Yokoyama, Shinji ^a   Mori, Etsuo ^a   Nakamura, Toshihiro ^a   Matsumoto, Takahiro ^a   Fujino, Yusuke ^a   Kishihara, Yasuhiro ^a   Uda, Ken ^a   Takemoto, Koichiro ^a   Inoue, Toru ^a   Nakayama, Suguru ^a   Kobayashi, Ryozo ^a   Uesugi, Noriko ^a   Hiyamuta, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Seihokai Marine Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Prosthetic valve; Staphylococcus aureus; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BILIRUBIN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTIAM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FLOMOXEF; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBOLISM; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CONGESTION; MALAISE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TACHYCARDIA; VEGETATION;

AGED; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34548477435     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1488     Document Type: Article

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