Native aortic valve endocarditis caused by Brevibacterium epidermidis in an immunocompetent patient

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 342, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-258

  Manetos, Christos M ^a   Pavlidis, Antonios N ^a   Kallistratos, Manolis S ^a   Tsoukas, Athanasios S ^a   Chamodraka, Eytixia S ^a   Levantakis, Ioannis ^a   Manolis, Athanasios J ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brevibacterium; Infective endocarditis; Native aortic valve

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BREVIBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM EPIDERMIDIS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80052214600     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31821ffb9f     Document Type: Article

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