Neisseria sicca endocarditis requiring mitral valve replacement in a previously healthy adolescent

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 959-962

  Aronson, Paul L ^a,b   Nelson, Kyle A ^c,d   Mercer Rosa, Laura ^a,b   Donoghue, Aaron ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

endocarditis; mitral valve replacement; Neisseria sicca; sepsis; subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLOROTHIAZIDE; DIGOXIN; DOPAMINE; ENALAPRIL; LIDOCAINE; MILRINONE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NEISSERIA SICCA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TACHYCARDIA; VEGETATION;

CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 80053986355     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182309e95     Document Type: Article

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