Delayed diagnosis of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus mitis endocarditis following single-dose amoxicillin prophylaxis in a child

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 773-776

  Kennedy, Mary Jayne ^a   Jackson, Mary Anne ^b,d   Kearns, Gregory L ^b,c,d  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PENICILLINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 5444250028     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300814     Document Type: Article

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