Isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis in nonaddicted patients: A diagnostic challenge

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 314, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-212

  Nandakumar, Rajalakshmi ^a   Raju, Govinda ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Gemella morbillorum; Nonaddicted patients; Right sided endocarditis; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

EID: 0030847324     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199709000-00011     Document Type: Article

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