Campylobacter fetus endocarditis: Two case reports and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 443-446

  Farrugia, David C ^a,b,c   Eykyn, Susannah J ^a,b,c   Smyth, Edmond G ^a,b,c  

^a QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGED; ANTIBIOTICS; AORTIC VALVE; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CASE REPORT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0028280445     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/18.3.443     Document Type: Article

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