A woman with infectious endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1000-1004

  Hashimoto, Toko ^a   Jodo, Satoshi ^b   Furusaki, Akira ^a   Kon, Yujiro ^a   Amasaki, Yoshiharu ^a   Atsumi, Tatsuya ^a   Komatsu, Hiroshi ^a   Shimokawa, Junichi ^a   Yonezawa, Kazuya ^a   Koike, Takao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kitami Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abiotrophia defectiva; Antibiotics; Echocardiogram; Endocarditis; Infection

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DIURETIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TORASEMIDE;

ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA; CASE REPORT; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PENICILLINS; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8844231738     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.1000     Document Type: Article

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