Changing epidemiology of infective endocarditis: A retrospective survey of 108 cases, 1990-1999

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 432-437

  Fefer, P ^a,b   Raveh, D ^a   Rudensky, B ^a   Schlesinger, Y ^a   Yinnon, A ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036315265     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0740-2     Document Type: Article

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