Endocarditis caused by Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius: A report of two cases

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 653-654

  Corredoira Sanchez J ^a   Garcia Garrote F ^a   Garcia Pais M J ^a   Fernández, A Testa ^a   Gonzalez Juanatey, C ^a   Alonso Garcia M P ^a  

^a Hospital Lucus Augusti   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DIURETIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYALGIA; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFANTARIUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; WEAKNESS; COMPLICATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84899004969     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.12376     Document Type: Letter

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