Infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus bovis in a series of nonaddict patients: Clinical and morphological characteristics of 20 cases and review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1139-1145

  González Juanatey, Carlos ^a   González Gay, Miguel A ^a   Llorca, Javier ^b   Testa, Ana ^a   Corredoira, Juan ^a   Vidán, Juan ^a   Mayo, José ^c   González Juanatey, José R ^d  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Endocardium; Infection; Mortality; Valves

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MICROORGANISM; MORTALITY; PERICARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TACHYCARDIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 18244414474     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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