Long-term outcome of infective endocarditis: The impact of early surgical intervention

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1636-1643

  Bishara, Jihad ^a   Leibovici, Leonard ^a   Gartman Israel, Dina Gartman ^a   Sagie, Alex ^a   Kazakov, Arkadi ^a   Miroshnik, Eugeni ^a   Ashkenazi, Shai ^b   Pitlik, Silvio ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035889525     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323785     Document Type: Article

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