Molecular diagnosis of culture negative infective endocarditis: Clinical validation in a group of surgically treated patients

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-268

  Grijalva, M ^a   Horvath R ^a   Dendis, M ^a   Cerny J ^a   Benedík, Jaroslav ^a  

^a Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037369219     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.3.263     Document Type: Article

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