Etiology and risk factors of 180 cases of native Valve Endocarditis: Report from a 5-year national prospective survey in Slovak Republic

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 431-435

  Hricak, Vasil ^a   Kovacik, Juraj ^g   Marx, Peter ^j   Schramekova, Eva ^d   Fischer, Viliam ^a   Vitekova, Dana ^b   Sedlak, Tibor ^f   Duris, Ivan ^f   Samudovsky, Jan ^c   Semanova, Maria ^d   Kovac, Milan ^e   Duris, Tibor ^b   Herman, Oto ^b   Cernoskova, Maria ^b   Sefara, Jan ^d   Kojsova, Maria ^b   Baranikova, Dagmar ^c   Ayazi, Michael ^b   Dacok, Jan ^h   Mraz, Marian ^h   Krizan, Stanislav ^h   Danaj, Jan ^h   Sulcava, Anna Margareta ^h   Neuschlova, Dagmar ^a   Milovsky, Vladimir ⁱ   Koren, Pavol ^h   Krcmery, Vladimir ^h   more..

^a Centre for Cardiovascular Disease   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^e NsP Ziar Nad Hronom (MiK)   (United Kingdom)

^f School of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^g Department of Infectious Diseases   (United Kingdom)

^h Department of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Hospital Medical School Cramer Terrace   (United Kingdom)

^j HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SLOVAKIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLOVAKIA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031800058     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(98)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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