Mycobacterium massiliense: An emerging pathogen in cardiovascular infections

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-78

  Sadanandan, Rajesh ^a   Kuriakose, Kudakachira Mathew ^a   Ramanarayanan, Piravom Venkiteswarier ^a   Philomina, Beena ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Atrial; Atrial septal defect; Bacterial; Endocarditis; Mycobacterium infections; Nontuberculous

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENDOCARDITIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MASSILIENSE; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; REOPERATION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877805935     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: 18165370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492312444737     Document Type: Article

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