28-Year-old man with recurrent fever

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 897-900

  Nguyen, Anh Quan T ^a   Choong, Nicholas W W ^a   Spittell, Peter C ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PACEMAKER; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038309760     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/78.7.897     Document Type: Note

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