Polymicrobial endocarditis involving Veillonella parvula in an intravenous drug user: Case report and literature review of Veillonella endocarditis

Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 591-594

  Perez Jacoiste Asin M A ^a   Fernandez Ruiz M ^a   Serrano Navarro, I ^a   Prieto Rodriguez, S ^a   Aguado, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LABORATORY DEVICE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SMOKING; SPUTUM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEILLONELLA PARVULA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 84879498532     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0398-3     Document Type: Letter

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