Aortic and mitral valve endocarditis caused by Gemella morbillorum in a haemodialysis patient

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Zheng, M ^a   Ng, O T ^b   Teo, Boon Wee ^c  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Endocarditis; Gemella morbillorum; Haemodialysis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; METOPROLOL;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHINESE; COLONOSCOPY; COUGHING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEVER; GEMELLA MORBILLORUM; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAFILTRATION;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 58849160355     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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