A case of endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 264-266

  Ho, Erwin ^a   Coveliers, Jan ^a   Amsel, Bram J ^a   Stockman, Bernard ^a   Walpot, Jeroen ^b   Ieven, Margaretha ^a   Rodrigus, Inez ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Ziekenhuis Walcheren   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN G;

AEROCOCCUS; AEROCOCCUS URINAE; AGED; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; EMBOLISM; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE CULTURE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROCOCCUS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77952304076     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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