Multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium striatum endocarditis successfully treated with daptomycin

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 373-374

  Fernández Guerrero, Manuel L ^a   Molins, Antonio ^a   Rey, Manuel ^a   Romero, José ^a   Gadea, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; DAPTOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BALLOON CATHETER; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DAPTOMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866005588     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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