Recurrent endocarditis in silver-coated heart valve prosthesis

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 140-142

  Kjaergard, Henrik K ^a,b   Tingleff, Jens ^a   Abildgaard, Ulrik ^a   Pettersson, Gösta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOXACILLIN; POLYESTER; RIFAMPICIN; SILVER; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOCARDITIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REOPERATION; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SILVER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0032896405     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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