An evaluation of the Duke criteria in 25 pathologically confirmed cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1401-1403

  Nettles, Richard E ^b   McCarty, David E ^b   Corey, G Ralph ^b   Li, Jennifer ^b   Sexton, Daniel J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0031453846     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516145     Document Type: Article

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