Endocarditis caused by Actinobaculum schaalii, Austria

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1171-1173

  Hoenigl, Martin ^a   Leitner, Eva ^a   Valentin, Thomas ^a   Zarfel, Gernot ^a   Salzer, Helmut J F ^a   Krause, Robert ^a   Grisold, Andrea J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77954453572     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1607.100349     Document Type: Letter

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