Endocarditis in an urban hospital in the 1990s

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2454-2458

  Siddiq, Sajid ^a   Missri, José ^b   Silverman, David I ^a,c  

^a UConn Health John Dempsy Hospital   (United States)

^b SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029821604     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.21.2454     Document Type: Article

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