A meningococcal endocarditis in a patient with Sweet's syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Arias, I M ^a   Henning, T D ^b   Alba, L M ^c   Rubio, S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CABUEÑES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Endocarditis; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; SWEET'S SYNDROME;

EID: 33947242868     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.088     Document Type: Article

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