Clinical features remain important for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis in the modern era

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-31

  Todd, A J ^a   Leslie, S J ^a   MacDougall, M ^b   Denvir, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENOMEGALY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 31144459193     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci150     Document Type: Article

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