Aortic valve endocarditis possibly caused by a Haematobacter-like species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3791-3793

  Buscher, April ^a,b   Li, Nda ^a   Han, Xiang Y ^d   Trautner, Barbara W ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S; TROPONIN I; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMATOBACTER; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG NODULE; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RNA ANALYSIS; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SORE THROAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENTIAN VIOLET; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENAZINES; PHYLOGENY; RHODOBACTERACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AEROBIC BACILLUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 77957777318     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00238-10     Document Type: Article

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