Infective endocarditis: Review of 135 cases over 9 years

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 276-286

  Sandre, Roger M ^a   Shafran, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 0030063251     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.276     Document Type: Article

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