Recurrent infective endocarditis due to Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans: Reinfection or relapse?

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1524-1526

  Potron, Anais ^a,b   Mainardi, Jean Luc ^b,c,d   Podglajen, Isabelle ^b,c,d   Meunier, Fabienne ^a   Sanson Le Pors, Marie José ^a,c   Berçot, Béatrice ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78649424283     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.024380-0     Document Type: Article

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