Aortic valve endocarditis from staphylococcus lugdunensis

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-300

  Cevasco, Marisa ^a   Haime, Miguel ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Boston VA Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENALAPRIL; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS INFECTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 84861574189     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01267.x     Document Type: Review

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