Infective endocarditis due to Propionibacterium species

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-394

  Sohail, M R ^a   Gray, A L ^b   Baddour, L M ^a   Tleyjeh, I M ^c   Virk, A ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acne; Endocarditis; Granulosum; Infection; Native valve; Propionibacterium; Prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART ABSCESS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

PROPIONIBACTERIUM;

EID: 65149083970     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02703.x     Document Type: Article

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