Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Infective Endocarditis in Intravenous Drug Users

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 629-633

  Chao, Pei Jiuan ^a   Hsu, Chih Ho ^b   Liu, Yung Ching ^c   Sy, Cheng Len ^d,e   Chen, Yao Shen ^d,e   Wann, Shue Ren ^d,e   Lee, Susan Shin Jung ^d,e   Tsai, Hung Chin ^d,e  

^a PINGTUNG CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

bacterial endocarditis; intravenous drug abuse; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

GAMMA HEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE CASSETTE; HEPATITIS C; HLG GENE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PVL GENE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCCMEC GENE; SEPTIC SHOCK; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 74249083844     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70444-7     Document Type: Article

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