Triple valve endocarditis as an unusual complication of bacterial meningitis

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-194

  Kontogiorgi, Marina ^a   Koukis, Ioannis ^a   Argiriou, Mihalis ^a,b   Theakos, Nikolaos ^a   Panagiotakopoulos, Victor ^a   Kanakakis, Konstantinos ^a   Dimakopoulou, Antonia ^a   Charitos, Christos ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drug abuser; Meningitis; Valve endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; POTASSIUM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG ABUSE; EXTUBATION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERNOTOMY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRIPLE VALVE ENDOCARDITIS;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 44849135875     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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