Haemophilus aphrophilus purulent pericarditis and tamponade

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-33

  Gill, Christopher J ^a   Mularski, Richard A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Endocarditis; HACEK; Haemophilus aphrophilus; Pericarditis; Purulent; Tamponade

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS APHROPHILUS; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STERNOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037251026     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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