Enterococcus cecorum aortic valve endocarditis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 525-527

  Ahmed, Fozia Z ^a   Baig, Mirza W ^a   Gascoyne Binzi, Deborah ^a   Sandoe, Jonathan A T ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterococcus cecorum; Infective endocarditis; Molecular diagnostics; Organism misidentication

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CECORUM; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 79960378673     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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