Primary bacterial pericarditis

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 387-389

  Keersmaekers, Tine ^a   Elshot, Stephen R E ^a   Sergeant, Paul T ^a  

^a NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Pericarditis; Primary; Surgical; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 0036791681     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.57.5.2005459     Document Type: Article

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