Fatal infective endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae-case report and review of literature

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 410-412

  Kass, Malek ^a   Toye, Baldwin ^b   Veinot, John P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Laboratory Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Heart valve; Infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; INOTROPIC AGENT; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; AEROCOCCUS; AEROCOCCUS URINAE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

EID: 55549107143     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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