Native valve infective endocarditis in elderly and younger adult patients: Comparison of clinical features and outcomes with use of the Duke criteria and the Duke endocarditis database

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1165-1168

  Gagliardi, Jane P ^a   Nettles, Richard E ^a   McCarty, David E ^a   Sanders, Linda L ^a   Corey, G Ralph ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031926086     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520304     Document Type: Article

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