Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 621-623

  Tariq, Muhammad ^a   Smego Jr , Raymond A ^a   Soofi, Adil ^a   Islam, Najmul ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE DISEASE; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VALVE; RADIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VALVE;

EID: 0041382599     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000047965.45842.A2     Document Type: Review

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