Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis presenting as acute embolic stroke: A case report and review of the literature

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 262-269

  Chentanez, Teera ^a   Khawcharoenporn, Thana ^a   Chokrungvaranon, Nalurporn ^a   Joyner, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiobacterium hominis; Emboli; Endocarditis; Neurological complications; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBOLISM; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CROHN DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MESALAMINE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREDNISONE; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 79955523313     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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