Etiology and Risk Factors of 339 Cases of Infective Endocarditis: Report from a 10-year National Prospective Survey in the Slovak Republic

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 579-583

  Krcmery, V ^a,d   Gogova M ^a   Ondrusova A ^a   Buckova, E ^a   Doczeova, A ^a   Mrazova, M ^a   Hricak, V ^b   Fischer, V ^b   Marks, P ^c   Kovacik, J ^e   Schramekova, E ^e   Vitekova, D ^e   Sedlak, T ^e   Duris, I ^e   Samudovsky, J ^e   Semanova, M ^e   Kovac, M ^e   Duris, T ^e   Herman, O ^e   Cernoskova, M ^e   Sefara, J ^e   Kojsova, M ^e   Baranikova, D ^e   Ayazi, M ^e   Neuschlova, D ^e   more..

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Heydukova 10   (Slovakia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Epidemiology; Etiology; Infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DENTAL SURGERY; EIKENELLA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESIS; PULMONARY VALVE DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SLOVAKIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

EID: 10744219686     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2003.15.6.579     Document Type: Review

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