Native tricuspid valve endocarditis in a young woman

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 876, 1998, Pages 637-638

  Papapanagiotou, V A ^a,b   Foukarakis, M G ^a   Fotiadis, J N ^a   Matsakas, E P ^a   Zacharoulis, A A ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ear piercing; Native tricuspid valve endocarditis; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DICLOXACILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

EID: 0031716778     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.74.876.637     Document Type: Article

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