Increase of fungal endocarditis in children

Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-272

  Tissieres P ^a,b   Jaeggi, E T ^b   Beghetti, M ^b   Gervaix, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23844507298     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-005-4122-4     Document Type: Review

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