Salmonella typhi infection: A rare cause of endocarditis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 559-560

  Khan, Javaid Arif ^a   Ali, Basharat ^a   Masood, Tariq ^a   Ahmed, Faisal ^a   Sial, Jawaid A ^a   Balooch, Zafer Haleem ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH SINDH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Mitral valve; Salmonella typhi

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; H ANTIGEN; O ANTIGEN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC HEART MURMUR; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEVER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052781672     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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