Infective endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus: 59 Prospectively identified cases with follow-up

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 106-114

  Fowler Jr , Vance G ^a   Sanders, Linda L ^a   Kong, Li Kuo ^a   McClelland, R Scott ^a   Gottlieb, Geoffrey S ^a   Li, Jennifer ^a   Ryan, Thomas ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a   Roussakis, Georges ^a   Harrell, Lizzie J ^a   Corey, G Ralph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CATHETER INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033064959     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515076     Document Type: Article

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