Early Lactococcus lactis endocarditis after mitral valve repair: A case report and literature review

Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 897-899

  Rostagno, C ^a   Pecile, P ^b   Stefano P L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria (AOU)   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; APHASIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART REHABILITATION; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOSTHENIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLURRED SPEECH; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84881101805     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0377-8     Document Type: Letter

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