Bacterial endocarditis following endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 90-91

  Wong, Annie ^a   Rosenstein, Andrew H ^a   Rutherford, Robin E ^a   James, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial endocarditis; Prophylactic antibiotics; Variceal sclerotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEART MURMUR; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROTHERAPY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030945217     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199703000-00009     Document Type: Article

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