Kytococcus schroeteri: A probably underdiagnosed pathogen involved in prosthetic valve endocarditis

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 46-49

  Aepinus, Christian ^a   Adolph, Esther ^a   Von Eiff, Christof ^b   Podbielski, Andreas ^a   Petzsch, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Abteilung fur Unfallchirurgie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kytococcus schroeteri; Methicillin resistance; Prosthetic valve endocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KYTOCOCCUS SCHROETERI; LABORATORY TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETATION;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OFLOXACIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 38949147415     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0903-3     Document Type: Article

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