Aortitis in a child with Abiotrophia defectiva endocarditis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 574-576

  Raff, Gary W ^a   Gray, Barry M ^b   Torres Jr , Adalberto ^b,c   Hasselman, Ty E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotrophia defectiva; Aortitis; Endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; AORTA ARCH; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 3042541855     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000130077.41121.71     Document Type: Article

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