Duration of symptoms in patients with infective endocarditis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-70

  Sarli Issa, Victor ^a   Fabri Jr , José ^a   Pomerantzeff, Pablo M A ^a   Grinberg, Max ^a   Pereira Barreto, Antonio Carlos ^a   Mansur, Alfredo José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Endocarditis; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VEGETATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037407812     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00424-2     Document Type: Article

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