Endocarditis due to Neisseria mucosa: Case report and review of 21 cases. A rare and severe cause of endocarditis.

Journal of Infection

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 601-604

  Pilmis, Benoît ^a   Lefort, Agnès ^a   Lecuit, Marc ^a,b,c   Join Lambert, Olivier ^a   Nassif, Xavier ^a   Lortholary, Olivier ^a   Charlier, Caroline ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLISM; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; SPLEEN DISEASE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION; GLUCONOBACTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GLUCONOBACTER; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84899906213     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.02.007     Document Type: Letter

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