Tricuspid endocarditis following a Papanicolaou smear: Case report

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 895-896

  Mong, Kam ^a   Taylor, Dylan ^a   Muzyka, Tim ^a   Freed, Darren ^a   Koshal, Arvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Group B streptococcus; Papanicolaou smear; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRICUSPID VALVE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030731180     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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