Group B streptococcal endocarditis in obstetric and gynecologic practice

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-115

  Crespo, Antonio ^a   Retter, Avi S ^a   Lorber, Bennett ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Group B streptococcus; Infection; Obstetrical complication; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COCAINE; GENTAMICIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENORRHAGIA; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0041972301     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10647440300025507     Document Type: Review

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