Granulicatella bacteraemia in children: Two cases and review of the literature

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  De Luca, Maia ^a   Amodio, Donato ^a   Chiurchiù, Sara ^a   Castelluzzo, Maria A ^a   Rinelli, Gabriele ^a   Bernaschi, Paola ^a   Calò Carducci, Francesca I ^a   D'Argenio, Patrizia ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Endocarditis; Granulicatella; Meropenem; NVS; Paediatrics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MEROPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALAISE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PALLOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY VALVED CONDUIT; SCHOOL CHILD; SHONE SYNDROME; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX PAIN;

BACTEREMIA; CARNOBACTERIACEAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84876707641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-61     Document Type: Article

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