Peptostreptococcus anaerobius infective endocarditis complicated by spleen infarction

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 342, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-176

  Wu, Ping Hsun ^a   Lin, Yi Ting ^a   Lin, Chun Yu ^a   Lin, Wei Ru ^a   Chen, Tun Chieh ^a   Lu, Po Liang ^a   Chen, Yen Hsu ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Peptostreptococcus anaerobius; Splenic abscess; Splenic infarction

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ENDODONTICS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPHIL; PAIN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PYURIA; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENOMEGALY; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TELECONSULTATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 79961029396     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31821eb20d     Document Type: Article

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