Infective endocarditis - A prospective study at the end of the twentieth century: New predisposing conditions, new etiologic agents, and still a high mortality

Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 298-307

  Bouza, Emilio ^a   Menasalvas, Ana ^a   Muñoz, Patricia ^a   Vasallo, Francisco José ^a   Moreno, María Del Mar ^a   Fernández, Miguel Angel García ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0034838080     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-200109000-00003     Document Type: Article

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