A case of Tropheryma whipplei infective endocarditis of the aortic and mitral valves in association with psoriatic arthritis and lumbar discitis

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-356

  Whistance, Robert N ^a   Eltaji Elfarouki, Ghaleb W ^a   Vohra, Hunaid A ^a   Livesey, Steven A ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; AORTA VALVE; DISKITIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MICROBIOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOGENICITY; TROPHERYMA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; DISCITIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 79961212067     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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