Culture-positive Bartonella quintana endocarditis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-147

  Guyot, A ^a   Bakhai, A ^a   Fry, N ^b   Merritt, J ^a   Malnick, H ^b   Harrison, T ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032729777     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050244     Document Type: Article

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