Wegener granulomatosis simulating bacterial endocarditis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1807-1810

  Anthony, Donald D ^a   Askari, Ali D ^a   Wolpaw, Terry ^a   McComsey, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; GANGRENE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

AORTIC VALVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FINGERS; GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0033598119     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.15.1807     Document Type: Article

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