Quantitative histological examination of mechanical heart valves

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 655-661

  Lepidi, Hubert ^a   Casalta, Jean Paul ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Habib, Gilbert ^b   Collart, Frédéric ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD15 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SILVER;

ACINETOBACTER; ACREMONIUM; ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEUTROPHIL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACREMONIUM; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 15044354999     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427504     Document Type: Article

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