Infective endocarditis in the Western Cape Province of South Africa: A three-year prospective study

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-225

  Koegelenberg, C F N ^a   Doubell, A F ^a   Orth, H ^a   Reuter, H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0037348631     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg028     Document Type: Article

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