Aortic valve endocarditis caused by bartonella henselae: A rare surgical entity

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 359-360

  Endara, Santiago A ^a   Roati, Alex A ^a   Alizzi, Ali M ^a   Boldery, Jason O ^a   Bidstrup, Benjamin P ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; AORTIC VALVE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035686437     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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