Infective endocarditis from streptococcus viridans associated with colonic carcinoma: A case report

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-265

  Lin, Chih Yuan ^a   Chao, Pei Chieh ^a   Hong, Gou Jieng ^a   Tsai, Yi Ting ^a   Lee, Chung Yi ^a   Tsai, Chien Sung ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXACILLIN; REMISSION INDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 42549089541     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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