Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Propionibacterium species successfully treated with coadministered rifampin: Report of two cases

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Braun, Dominique Laurent ^a   Hasse, Barbara Katharina ^a   Stricker, Julia ^b   Fehr, Jan Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORYNEBACTERIUM AVIDUM; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCARDITIS; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HEART BLOCK; HEART MURMUR; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REHABILITATION; RELAPSE; SHIVERING; SPLENECTOMY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROSEPSIS;

EID: 84874504401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007204     Document Type: Article

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