Definite infective endocarditis: Clinical and microbiological features of 155 episodes in one Japanese University Hospital

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 788-799

  Takayama, Yoko ^a   Okamoto, Ryoichi ^b   Sunakawa, Keisuke ^c  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Blood culture; Endocarditis; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Viridans streptococci

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTIAM; CEFOZOPRAN; CLINDAMYCIN; FLOMOXEF; GATIFLOXACIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 79951922288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60124-6     Document Type: Article

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