Pacemaker-associated Bacillus cereus endocarditis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-315

  Barraud, Olivier ^a   Hidri, Nadia ^a   Ly, Kim ^a   Pichon, Nicolas ^a   Manea, Petrus ^a   Ploy, Marie Cécile ^a   Garnier, Fabien ^a  

^a LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Blood cultures; Endocarditis; Pacemaker; RpoB gene sequencing

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS INFECTION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RPOB GENE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BLOOD; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84867641104     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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