Infective endocarditis due to capnocytophaga canimorsus

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 725-727

  Frigiola, Alessandro ^a   Badia, Toni ^a   Lovato, Roberto ^b   Cogo, Alberto ^b   Fugazzaro, Maria Pia ^b   Lovisetto, Roberto ^c   Di Donato, Marisa ^d  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b Casa di Cura Villa Berica   (Italy)

^c SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Mitral regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BITES AND STINGS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BITES AND STINGS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542542067     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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