Endocarditis, pericarditis, and myocarditis

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 116-121

  Zales, Vincent R ^a   Wright, Karen L ^a  

^a DEBORAH HEART AND LUNG CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NAFCILLIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOSIS; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031430860     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-19970201-11     Document Type: Review

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