Endocarditis caused by nutritionally variant streptococci: A case report and literature review;Endocardite da varianti nutrizionali streptococciche: Descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-74

  Giuliano, Simone ^a   Caccese, Roberta ^b   Carfagna, Paolo ^b   Vena, Antonio ^a   Falcone, Marco ^a   Venditti, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Hospital San Giovanni   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abiotrophia spp; Granulicatella spp; Infective Endocarditis (IE); Nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS)

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FALSE ANEURYSM; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; CARNOBACTERIACEAE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84863971745     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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