Infectious endocarditis caused by lactobacillus acidophilus in a patient with mistreated dental caries

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1619-1621

  Nishijima, Takeshi ^a,b   Teruya, Katsuji ^a   Yanase, Mikio ^a   Tamori, Yuiichi ^a   Mezaki, Kazuhisa ^a   Oka, Shinichi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental infection; Immunocompromised; Infectious endocarditis; Lactobacillus species

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EPSILOMETER TEST; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; PERIODONTITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY PET;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL CARIES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MITRAL VALVE ANNULOPLASTY; ORAL HYGIENE; PENICILLIN G; PERIODONTITIS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 84863000866     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7294     Document Type: Article

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