First case of fusobacterium necrophorum endocarditis: To have presented after the 2nd decade of life

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 449-452

  Moore, Curtiss ^a   Addison, Daniel ^a   Wilson, James M ^a   Zeluff, Barry ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents therapeutic use; Endocarditis, bacterial complications drug therapy etiology; Fatal outcome; Fusobacterium infections blood diagnosis drug therapy; Fusobacterium necrophorum

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MYALGIA; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS/THERAPEUTIC USE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL/COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY/ETIOLOGY; FATAL OUTCOME; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS/BLOOD/DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884963096     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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