Legionella longbeachae and endocarditis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-97

  Leggieri, Nicola ^a   Gouriet, Frédérique ^a   Thuny, Frank ^a   Habib, Gilbert ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Casalta, Jean Paul ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEROLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84856579244     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1801.110579     Document Type: Article

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