Nosocomial Acinetobacter genomic species 13 TU endocarditis following an endoscopic procedure

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 799-802

  Lai, Yu Hsien ^a   Chen, Te Li ^b   Chen, Chen Pei ^b   Tsai, Chen Chi ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Endocarditis; Endoscopy

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PHYTOMENADIONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SULTAMICILLIN; WARFARIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FECES COLOR; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STOMACH ULCER; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOCARDIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 44649155311     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0826     Document Type: Article

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