Blood culture negative endocarditis: Analysis of 63 cases presenting over 25 years

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 258-262

  Lamas, C C ^a   Eykyn, Susannah J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037372454     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.3.258     Document Type: Article

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