Myocardial infection due to Fusobacterium nucleatum

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 373-375

  Storm, Jeremy C ^a   Ford, Bradley A ^b   Streit, Judy A ^b  

^a Infectious Disease Specialists   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic endocarditis; Cardiac mass; Fusobacterium; Myocardial abscess

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; HEMOGLOBIN; KANAMYCIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTION; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOCARDIAL INFECTION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANAEROBIC ENDOCARDITIS; CARDIAC MASS; FUSOBACTERIUM; MYOCARDIAL ABSCESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887613864     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.08.022     Document Type: Article

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