Lactococcus garvieae endocarditis with initial presentation of acute cerebral infarction in a healthy immunocompetent man

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1143-1146

  Li, Wei Kai ^a   Chen, Yao Shen ^a,c   Wann, Shue Ren ^a,c   Liu, Yung Ching ^a,c   Tsai, Hung Chin ^a,b,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Endocarditis; Lactococcus garvieae

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COORDINATION DISORDER; DISORIENTATION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SLURRED SPEECH; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARESIS; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LACTOCOCCUS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PARESIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 48049122209     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0795     Document Type: Article

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