A patient with infective endocarditis caused by community-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Internal Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1259-1262

  Setoguchi, Masahiko ^a,b   Iwasawa, Eri ^a   Hashimoto, Yuji ^a   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^b  

^a KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community acquired pseudomonas aeruginosa; Infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG EDEMA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA; OCCULT BLOOD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84878458570     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.9059     Document Type: Article

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