Lactobacillus jensenii bacteremia and endocarditis after dilatation and curettage: Case report and literature review

Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-222

  Suarez Garcia I ^a   Sanchez Garcia A ^b   Soler, L ^a   Malmierca, E ^a   Gomez Cerezo J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANKLE EDEMA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURETTAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII INFECTION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PETECHIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DEFECT; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863204914     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0182-9     Document Type: Letter

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