Endocardial abscesses in children: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1478-1482

  Shah, Falguni S ^a   Fennelly, Glenn ^d   Weingarten Arams, Jacqueline ^b   Yang, L ^c   Glickstein, Julie ^c  

^a Division of Neurosurgery   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EMBOLISM; FEVER; HEART ABSCESS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0033385095     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313510     Document Type: Article

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