Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis: A case of rat bite fever

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3125-3126

  Chen, Po Lin ^a,b   Lee, Nan Yao ^a   Yan, Jing Jou ^a,b   Yang, Yu Jen ^a,b   Chen, Hung Mo ^a   Chang, Chia Ming ^a   Lee, Hsin Chun ^a,b   Ko, Nai Ying ^b   Lai, Chao Han ^a   Ko, Wen Chien ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT BITE FEVER; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; TAIWAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RAT-BITE FEVER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOBACILLUS; TAIWAN;

RATTUS; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS;

EID: 34548674909     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01169-07     Document Type: Article

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