A first report of Rothia aeria endocarditis complicated by cerebral hemorrhage

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3295-3299

  Tarumoto, Norihito ^a,b   Sujino, Keisuke ^a   Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki ^a   Umeyama, Takashi ^b   Ohno, Hideaki ^b   Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu ^b   Maesaki, Shigefumi ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid fast stain; Infective endocarditis; Nocardia; Rothia aeria

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFDINIR; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCEROL; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; NORPHENAZONE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; DIASTOLIC HEART MURMUR; FEVER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ROTHIA; ROTHIA AERIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROCOCCACEAE;

EID: 84870919232     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7946     Document Type: Article

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