Infectious endocarditis in Frederiksborg Amt, 1990-2000: Clinical findings and prognostic aspects;Infektioøs endokardit i Frederiksborg Amt 1990-2000: Kliniske fund og prognostiske aspekter

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 166, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 2441-2446

  Pedersen, Sune ^a,b   Foghsgaard, Jacob ^b   Launbjerg, Jeppe ^b  

^a Klinisk mikrobiologisk Afdeling ^*  (Denmark)

^b Klinisk mikrobiologisk Afdeling   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DENMARK; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3042767493     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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