A. urinae endocarditis: First case report in Belgium and review of the literature;Endocardite à Aerococcus urinae: Premier cas en Belgique et revue de la littérature

Revue Medicale de Bruxelles

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 568-571

  Allegre, S ^a,c   Miendje Deyi, V Y ^b   Beyer, I ^b   Pepersack, T ^a   Cherifi, S ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CHU Brugmann

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aerococcus urinae; Antibiotics; Endocarditis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AEROCOCCUS; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AORTA VALVE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; BELGIUM; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

EID: 58149348717     PISSN: 00353639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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