Pneumococcal endocarditis in infants and children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-171

  Choi, Margaret ^a   Mailman, Timothy Lloyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Pediatrics; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUZONAM; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAPYRIDINE; UREA DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242314252     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000109290.91866.93     Document Type: Review

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