Case of indolent endocarditis due to Pseudomonas stutzeri with genetic evidence of relapse after 4 years

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 503-504

  Grimaldi, David ^a,b   Podglajen, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Aubert, Agnès ^a   Buu Hoï, Annie ^a,b   Diebold, Benoit ^a,b   Mainardi, Jean Luc ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; PREDNISOLONE; TETRACYCLINE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SARCOIDOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

ADULT; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RECURRENCE;

EID: 60849126972     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00707-08     Document Type: Article

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