Clostridium perfringens as a cause of infectious endocarditis in a patient with a vascular prosthesis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 866-867

  Mendes, Caio Marcio ^a   Oplustil, Carmen Paz ^a   Dos Santos, Thogo José Lemos ^a   Mady, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030035291     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.5.866     Document Type: Article

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