Endocarditis due to Listeria: Description of two cases and review of the literature

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-296

  Antolin J ^a   Gutierrez, A ^a   Segoviano, R ^a   Lopez R ^a   Ciguenza, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Listeria; Prosthetic valves

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEROLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42749092746     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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