An unusual microorganism, Aerococcus viridans, causing endocarditis and aortic valvular obstruction due to a huge vegetation

Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-319

  Çalik, Ali Nazmi ^a   Velibey, Yalçin ^a   Çaǧdaş, Metin ^a   Nurkalem, Zekeriya ^a  

^a Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular Surgery Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endocarditis, bacterial surgery; Gram positive bacterial infections

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA OCCLUSION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC VALVULAR OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NONHUMAN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AEROCOCCUS; AORTIC VALVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 79960022956     PISSN: 10165169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2011.01352     Document Type: Article

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