Staphylococcus capitis prosthetic valve endocarditis: Report of two rare cases and review of literature

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 380-384

  Nalmas, Sandhya ^a   Bishburg, Eliahu ^a   Meurillio, Jeremias ^a   Khoobiar, Sargis ^a   Cohen, Marc ^a  

^a NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RARE DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 51349084554     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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