Clinical features of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis: A 10-year experience in Denmark

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 462-469

  Røder, Bent L ^a,b   Wandall, Dorte A ^a   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^a   Espersen, Frank ^a   Skinhøj, Peter ^b   Rosdahl, Vibeke T ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033535362     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.5.462     Document Type: Article

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