An update on the controversies in bacterial endocarditis of oral origin

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 660-670

  Carmona, Inmaculada Tomás ^a   Dios, Pedro Diz ^a,c   Scully, Crispian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; DENTAL CARE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL SURGERY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036593829     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.122338     Document Type: Article

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