Mitral valve endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A case report

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 676-679

  Polovina, Marija ^a   Potpara, Tatjana ^a,b   Milošević, Ivana ^a,b   Stepanović, Jelena ^a,b   Jovanović, Momčilo ^a   Pavlović, Milorad ^a,b  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Abscess; Endocarditis; Mitral valve; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIKACIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MURMUR; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENOMEGALY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ABSCESS; COMPLICATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SPLENIC DISEASES;

ABSCESS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 84900550500     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.3816     Document Type: Article

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