A case of primary infective endocarditis caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a healthy individual and colonization in the family

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 152-155

  Lee, Seo Young ^a   Kim, Jin Yong ^a   Kim, Jin Hee ^a   Kim, Sue Yun ^a   Park, Chulmin ^b   Park, Yoon Soo ^a   Seo, Yiel Hae ^a   Cho, Yong Kyun ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colonization in family; Community associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Endocarditis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APHASIA; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMMUNITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 62749170031     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.1.152     Document Type: Article

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