First reported case of infective endocarditis caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus not associated with healthcare contact in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-543

  Fortes, Claudio Querido ^a,c   Espanha, Claudia Adelino ^a   Bustorff, Flavio Pedreira ^a   Zappa, Bruno Cordeiro ^a   Ferreira, Adriana Lucia Pires ^a   Moreira, Regina Barbosa ^a   Pereira, Nelson Gonçalves ^a   Fowler Jr , Vance G ^a   Deshmukh, Hitesh ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; CA MRSA; Infective endocarditis; PVL

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 65549165884     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702008000600020     Document Type: Article

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