Infective endocarditis in solid organ transplant recipients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 689-694

  Paterson, David L ^c   Dominguez, Edward A ^c   Chang, Feng Yee ^a   Snydman, David R ^c   Singh, Nina ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031958144     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514590     Document Type: Article

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