Suggested modifications to the Duke criteria for the clinical diagnosis of native valve and prosthetic valve endocarditis: Analysis of 118 pathologically proven cases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 713-719

  Lamas, Cristiane C ^a   Eykyn, Susannah J ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030866954     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513765     Document Type: Article

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