Severe endocarditis in transplant recipients - An epidemiologic study

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 690-696

  Ruttmann, Elfriede ^a,b   Bonatti, Hugo ^a   Legit, Christina ^a   Ulmer, Hanno ^a   Stelzmueller, Ingrid ^a   Antretter, Herwig ^a   Margreiter, Raimund ^a   Laufer, Guenter ^a   Mueller, Ludwig C ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Chirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Solid organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; HEART SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23244446433     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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