Infectious endocarditis due to Corynebacterium xerosis

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-101

  Pessanha, Breno ^a,b   Farb, Andrew ^a   Lwin, Thida ^c   Lloyd, Bruce ^c   Virmani, Renu ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium xerosis; Infectious endocarditis; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM XEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0037356708     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(02)00181-3     Document Type: Article

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