Infectious endocarditis caused by Escherichia coli

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 545-546

  Lauridsen, Trine Kiilerich ^a   Arpi, Magnus ^b   Fritz Hansen, Thomas ^b   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^c   Bruun, Niels Eske ^b  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; E. coli; Echocardiography; ExPEC; Infectious Endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BILATERAL BACTERIAL ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAINTNESS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORACOTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; VEGETATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DISCITIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 79959227964     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.554432     Document Type: Article

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