Brucella endocarditis with repeated mitral valve replacement

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-192

  Kalaycioglu, Sedat ^a,b   Imren, Yildirim ^a   Erer, Dilek ^a   Zor, Hakan ^a   Arman, Dilek ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Gazi Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REOPERATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; BRUCELLOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 16244369146     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2005.200428.x     Document Type: Article

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