Haemophilus endocarditis: Report of 42 cases in adults and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1087-1094

  Darras Joly, Clémence ^a   Lortholary, Olivier ^b   Mainardi, Jean Luc ^c   Etienne, Jérome ^c   Guillevin, Loïc ^c   Acar, Jacques ^c  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; FOSFOMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS APHROPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAPHROPHILUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0030997414     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513624     Document Type: Review

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