The first report of survival post Rothia aeria endocarditis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Thiyagarajan, Arun ^a   Balendra, Anjella ^b   Hillier, David ^c   Hatcher, James ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; DECREASED APPETITE; DETERIORATION; DROWSINESS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTHIA; ROTHIA AERIA; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84886257570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200534     Document Type: Article

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