Bacteriological profile of infectious endocarditis in the area of Sfax (Tunisia);Profil bactériologique des endocardites infectieuses dans la région de Sfax (Tunisie)

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-32

  Hammami, N ^a   Mezghani, S ^a   Znazen, A ^a   Rhimi, F ^a   Kassis, M ^b   Hakim, H ^a   Dammak, J ^b   Kamoun, S ^b   Hammami, A ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SEROLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TUNISIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; HEART VALVE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TUNISIA;

EID: 33645075485     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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