Subtle bacterial endocarditis due to Kingella kingae in an infant: A case report

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 448-450

  Youssef, Dany ^a   Henaine, Roland ^a   Di Filippo, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

HACEK group; infective endocarditis; paediatrics; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INFANT; KINGELLA KINGAE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION;

ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KINGELLA KINGAE; MALE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 78349239349     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951110000351     Document Type: Article

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