Caring for a patient with Listeria endocarditis: use of antibiotic desensitization.
Listeria monocytogenes, an opportunistic organism commonly acquired from contaminated foods, is a particularly deadly cause of bacterial endocarditis. Although signs and symptoms vary, diagnosis is based on results of blood cultures and echocardiographic evidence of endocardial involvement. The auth...
| Publicado en: | Critical Care Nurse Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 38 - 43 |
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| Formato: | case study tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Oct2002
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