Legionella micdadei prosthetic valve endocarditis complicated by brain abscess: Case report and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 414-418

  Fukuta, Yuriko ^a   Yildiz Aktas, Isil Z ^b   William Pasculle, A ^b   Veldkamp, Peter J ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Culture negative endocarditis; Immunocompromised; Legionella micdadei; Prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; RNA 16S; SILVER;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; REVIEW; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84861586692     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.645506     Document Type: Review

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