Changing patient characteristics and the effect on mortality in endocarditis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 90-94

  Cabell, Christopher H ^a,b   Jollis, James G ^a,b   Peterson, Gail E ^a,c   Ralph Corey, G ^a   Anderson, Deverick J ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a   Woods, Christopher W ^a   Barth Relier, L ^a   Ryan, Thomas ^a   Fowler Jr , Vance G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Geriat Res Educ/Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037074190     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.1.90     Document Type: Article

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