Infective endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus: Deleterious effect of anticoagulant therapy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 473-475

  Tornos, Pilar ^a   Almirante, Benito ^a   Mirabet, Sonia ^a   Permanyer, Gaieta ^a   Pahissa, Albert ^a   Soler Soler, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033535399     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.5.473     Document Type: Article

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