Infective endocarditis

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 551-561

  Lam, A C K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; NAFCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ERUPTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEART DISEASE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGHT SWEAT; OTOTOXICITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 1142311630     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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