Streptococcus bovis infective endocarditis. Clinical-microbiological observations and review of literature;Endocardite da Streptococcus bovis. Analisi clinico-microbiologica retrsopettiva e rassegna della letteratura

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 552-558

  Carfagna, Paolo ^a   Bianco, Gianluca ^a   Tarasi, Agapito ^a   Tarasi, David ^a   Galiè, Maurizia ^a   Di Rosa, Roberta ^a   Brandimarte, Camillo ^b   Venditti, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colonic tumours; Infective endocarditis; Streptococcus bovis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 0031795884     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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