Evaluation of the duke criteria in 93 episodes of prosthetic valve endocarditis: Could sensitivity be improved?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1185-1191

  Pérez Vázquez, Alberto ^a   Fariñas, M Carmen ^a,b   Garcia Palomo, J Daniel ^a   Bernal, J M ^b   Revuelta, J Manuel ^b   González Macías, Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343729882     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.8.1185     Document Type: Article

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