Fatal myocarditis-associated Bartonella quintana endocarditis: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Montcriol, Ambroise ^a   Benard, Fréderic ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^b   Ribeiri, Alberto ^a   Bonnet, Marc ^a   Collart, Fréderic ^a   Guidon, Catherine ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FATALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 72249102816     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1752-1947-3-7325     Document Type: Article

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