Corynebacterium striatum: An undescribed agent of pacemaker-related endocarditis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 576-577

  Melero Bascones, María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029775215     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.3.576     Document Type: Article

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