HACEK group endocarditis at the Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital

Journal of Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-74

  El Khizzi, N ^a   Kasab, S A ^a   Osoba, A O ^b  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0031045877     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(97)80013-8     Document Type: Article

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