Polymicrobial endocarditis: Clinical and evolutive pattern of 12 cases diagnosed durinq a 10-year period;Endocarditis polimicrobiana: Estudio clínico y evolutivo de doce casos diagnosticados durante un período de diez años

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 245-247

  Valencia Ortega, M E ^a,b   Enriquez Crego A ^a   Guinea Esquerdo, J ^a   Gonzalez Lahoz J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

HIV infection and endocarditis; IVDA and endocarditis; Polymicrobial endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0031113991     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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