Pacemaker-related endocarditis: Clinical feaures and treatment

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 122-124

  Ruiz Ortiz, Martín ^a,c   Anguita, Manuel ^a   Castillo, Juan C ^a   Delgado, Mónica ^a   Romo, Elías ^a   Torres, Francisco ^b   Mesa, Dolores ^a   Franco, Manuel ^a   Vallés, Federico ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 31844446355     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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