Enterococcus raffinosus endocarditis. First case and literature review

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-20

  Mastroianni, Antonio ^a  

^a UO Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial endocarditis; Enterococcus raffinosus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65649137750     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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