Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii complex

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 573-

  Kumar, S ^a   Vengadassalapathy, L ^b   Menon, Thangam ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Dr ALM Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; GLUCOSE; LINEZOLID; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; STARR EDWARDS VALVE PROSTHESIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56649083285     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.43773     Document Type: Letter

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