Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by metallo-β-lactamase-producing pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-349

  Kato, Yasuyuki ^a,b   Ohashi, Hirokazu ^a   Tsutsumi, Yasushi ^a   Murakami, Tadahiro ^a   Takahashi, Yosuke ^a  

^a Fukui Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BIAPENEM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENTAMICINS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 67651162252     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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