Pacemaker-related endocarditis. Report of 7 cases and review of the literature

Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 244-248

  Laguno, Montserrat ^a   Miró, Óscar ^a   Font, Carme ^a   De La Sierra, Alejandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Infectious endocarditis; Pacemaker; Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032460811     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006852     Document Type: Article

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