Infective endocarditis due to unusual or fastidious microorganisms

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 532-542

  Berbari, Elie F ^a,b,c   Cockerill, Franklin R ^a,c   Steckelberg, James M ^a,c  

^a Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Clinical Microbiology   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COXIELLA BURNETII; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; EMBOLISM; HAEMOPHILUS APHROPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAPHROPHILUS; HUMAN; KINGELLA; LEGIONELLA; MYCOBACTERIUM; REVIEW; BRUCELLOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; ENDOCARDITIS; GONORRHEA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BRUCELLOSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LEGIONELLOSIS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; MYCOSES; Q FEVER;

EID: 0031154923     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/72.6.532     Document Type: Article

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