Coagulase-negative staphylococcus endocarditis: Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 414-415

  Sibal, Amul K ^a   Lin, Zaw ^a   Jogia, Dilesh ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Endocarditis; Fistula; Heart failure; Heart valves; Staphylococcal infections

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT ANEURYSM; VEIN ANEURYSM;

AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 84858164190     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: 18165370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492311419764     Document Type: Article

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