Whipple endocarditis without overt gastrointestinal disease: Report of four cases

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 112-116

  Gubler, Jacques G H ^a   Kuster, Marcel ^a   Dutly, Fabrizio ^b   Bannwart, Fridolin ^a   Krause, Martin ^c   Vögelin, Hans Peter ^d   Garzoli, Gianni ^e   Altwegg, Martin ^b  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Kreisspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^e Schwerpunktspital Zimmerberg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

EID: 0033587633     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-131-2-199907200-00007     Document Type: Article

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