Infective endocarditis associated with a scorpion sting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1489-1490

  Wheatley III, Grayson H ^a   Wait, Michael A ^a   Jessen, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSECT STING; MALE; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCORPION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; TISSUE REPAIR;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; ARACHNIDISM; BIOPROSTHESIS; ENDOCARDITIS, SUBACUTE BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCORPIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25144492670     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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