Lethal aortic endocarditis due to Gemella morbillorum in a Djiboutian khat user;Neuropathie axonale révélant un lymphome pleural primitif sur séquelles de collapsothérapie

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Massoure, P L ^a   Lions, C ^a   Caumes, J L ^a   Spadoni, S ^a   Gaillard, P E ^a   Bougere, J ^a  

^a Hôpital Bouffard Djibouti   (Djibouti)

Author keywords

Aortic ring abscess; Gemella morbillorum; Infective endocarditis; Khat

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA ABSCESS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DENTAL CARIES; DJIBOUTI; FATALITY; GEMELLA MORBILLORUM; HEART ABSCESS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PERIODONTITIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CATHA EDULIS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE;

CATHA; DJIBOUTI; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955414721     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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