A rare case of Neisseria bacilliformis native valve endocarditis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 378-379

  Abandeh, Foad I ^a   Balada Llasat, Joan Miquel ^a   Pancholi, Preeti ^a   Risaliti, Carleen M ^a   Maher, William E ^a   Bazan, Jose A ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Mitral valve replacement; Neisseria bacilliformis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA BACILLIFORMIS; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84863774774     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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