Nonsurgical management of mitral valve endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium valvarum in a patient with a ventricular septal defect

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1996-1997

  Choudhury, Saugata ^a   Isais, Florante Santos ^a   Lee, Cheng Chuan ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AGGREGATIBACTER APHROPHILUS; AGGREGATIBACTER PARAPHROPHILUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS; CARDIOBACTERIUM VALVARUM; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HEADACHE; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; KINGELLA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLURRED SPEECH; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIOBACTERIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOBACTERIUM VALVARUM;

EID: 84878518914     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00480-13     Document Type: Article

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