Risk factors associated with endocarditis without underlying heart disease

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 304-307

  Castillo, Juan C ^a   Anguita, Manuel P ^a   Torres, Francisco ^b   Siles, Juan R ^a   Mesa, Dolores ^a   Vallés, Federico ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b Hospital de la Costa del Sol   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Underlying heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CANCER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HEART DISEASE; HEART VALVE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035984751     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(02)76599-8     Document Type: Article

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