Infective endocarditis in a child Due to Abiotrophia defectivus

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 388-392

  Ray, Munni ^a   Subramanian, C ^a   Ray, Pallab ^a   Singhi, Pratibha ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

CHILD; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0036546133     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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