Endocarditis due to Neisseria bacilliformis in a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1973-1975

  Masliah Planchon, Julien ^a   Breton, Guillaume ^a   Jarlier, Vincent ^a   Simon, Anne ^a   Benveniste, Olivier ^a   Herson, Serge ^a   Drieux, Laurence ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; CRYOGLOBULIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA BACILLIFORMIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARONYCHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; NEISSERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA BACILLIFORMIS;

EID: 66849135129     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00026-09     Document Type: Article

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