Wegener's granulomatosis mimicking prosthetic valve endocarditis [4]

Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-36

  Ramakrishnan, S ^a   Narang, Rajiv ^a   Khilnani, G C ^a   Kurian, Sumod ^a   Saxena, Anita ^a   Sharma, Sanjiv ^a   Talwar, K K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULOTOMY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 1842851754     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077001     Document Type: Letter

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