Streptococcus agalactiae Endocarditis

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 49, Issue NOV, 2001, Pages 1125-1126

  Kannan, R ^b   Komaranchath, A M ^a   Mathew, T ^b   Ramprakash, B ^b   Sundararaman, T ^b   Sethuraman, K R ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PENICILLINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035523728     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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