Active infective endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Zoonosis caused by vancomycin-resistant gram-positive rod

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-99

  Miura, Takashi ^a   Hashizume, Koji ^a   Ariyoshi, Tsuneo ^a   Miwa, Takashi ^b   Furumoto, Akitsugu ^a   Izumida, Mai ^a   Yanagihara, Katsunori ^a   Eishi, Kiyoyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Nagasakiken Saiseikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic valve, replacement; Cerebral hemorrhage; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Infective endocarditis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; INSULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBOLISM; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84877857946     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-012-0105-4     Document Type: Article

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