Endocarditis by group B streptococci in adults;Endocarditis por estreptococo del grupo B en adultos

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 147-150

  Marron, Anna ^a   Carratalà, Jordi ^a   Peña, Carme ^a   Rosón, Beatriz ^a   Tubau, Fe ^a   Rufí, Gabriel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

endocarditis; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0030939459     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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