Carditis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Clinical aspects and therapeutic problems;La cardite associata ad infezione da Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Peculiarità cliniche e problemi terapeutici

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 447-450

  Prattichizzo, F A ^a   Simonetti, I ^b   Galetta, F ^c  

^a Azienda USL 11   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myocarditis, etiology; Pericarditis, etiology; Pneumonia, mycoplasma drug therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; VERAPAMIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0031217921     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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