Microbiological cultures of heart valves and valve tags are not valuable for patients without infective endocarditis who are undergoing valve replacement

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 884-888

  Giladi, M ^a   Szold, O ^b   Elami, A ^b   Bruckner, D ^b   Johnson Jr , B L ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0030934870     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.5.884     Document Type: Article

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