The Duke criteria for diagnosing infective endocarditis are specific: Analysis of 100 patients with acute fever or fever of unknown origin

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 298-304

  Hoen, Bruno ^a   Béguinot, Isabelle ^b   Rabaud, Christian ^b   Jaussaud, Roland ^b   Selton Suty, Christine ^b   May, Thierry ^b   Canton, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029812543     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.2.298     Document Type: Article

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