Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis: Clinical features of an occupational disease

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1147-1148

  Hill, Dawn Craig ^a   Ghassemian, Jafar N ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0030699426     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199711000-00019     Document Type: Article

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