Streptococcus intermedius causing infective endocarditis and abscesses: A report of three cases and review of the literature

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tran, MaryAnn P ^a   Caldwell McMillan, Molly ^a   Khalife, Walid ^b   Young, Vincent B ^a,c,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University and Sparrow Health System   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ATOMOXETINE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAIN ABSCESS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 57849158646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-154     Document Type: Article

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