Nocardia endocarditis in a native mitral valve;Endocarditis por Nocardia en la válvula mitral nativa

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 787-788

  Lazo Torres, Ana M ^a,b   Gálvez Contreras, Carmen ^a   Collado Romacho, Antonio ^a   Gamir Ruiz, Francisco J ^a   Yélamos Rodríguez, Fernando ^a   López Martínez, Ginés ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Mitral valve; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 4744347180     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13064832     Document Type: Article

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