Streptococcus vestibularis bacteremia following dental extraction in a patient on long-term hemodialysis: A case report

NDT Plus

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 276-277

  Simsek, A Dilek ^a   Sezer, Siren ^a   Ozdemir, Nurhan F ^a   Mehmet, Haberal ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALAISE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 48749121815     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfn071     Document Type: Letter

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