Emerging etiology responsible for negative hemoculture infective endocarditis;Etiologie emergenti responsabili di endocarditi infettive con emocolture negative

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 128-134

  Enia, Francesco ^a,b   Di Stefano, Gianfranco ^a   Floresta, Agata Marina ^a   Matassa, Concetta ^a  

^a VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; BLOOD CULTURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCARDIUM; FUNGUS; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; Q FEVER; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 29244458139     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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