Polymicrobial endocarditis with Haemophilus parainfluenzae in an intravenous drug user whose transesophageal echocardiogram appeared normal

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1245-1246

  Patel, Atul ^b   Asirvatham, Sam ^b   Sebastian, Cherian ^b   Radke, James ^b   Greenfield, Ronald ^b   Chandrasekaran, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COCAINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031947933     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598364     Document Type: Article

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