Infective endocarditis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7563, 2006, Pages 334-339

  Beynon, Rhys P ^a   Bahl, V K ^b   Prendergast, Bernard D ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; ECHOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FORECASTING; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 33747585106     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7563.334     Document Type: Review

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