An unusual case of Corynebacterium striatum endocarditis and a review of the literature

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 672-674

  Bhat, Yaqoob ^a   Bal, Abhijit M ^b   Rochow, Stuart ^a   Gould, Ian M ^b  

^a WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPTOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG FEVER; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; METASTASIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PALPATION; POLYARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 54349108186     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.12.010     Document Type: Letter

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