In-hospital and long-term mortality in infective endocarditis in injecting drug users compared to non-drug users: A retrospective study of 192 episodes

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-204

  Thalme, Anders ^a   Westling, Katarina ^a   Julander, Inger ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; CLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33847248395     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600978856     Document Type: Article

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