Tricuspid valve endocarditis caused by Haemophilus parainfluenzae: a case report and review of the literature

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-219

  Nwaohiri, Nnamdi ^a   Urban, Carl ^a,b   Gluck, Jason ^a   Ahluwalia, Maneesha ^a   Wehbeh, Wehbeh ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Haemophilus parainfluenzae; Pacemaker; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DECREASED APPETITE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MIGRAINE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SLURRED SPEECH; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR;

ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RISK FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 67349149367     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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