Infective endocarditis: A comparison of international guidelines

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 524-527

  Delahaye, Francois ^a   Wong, Joyce ^b   Mills, Peter G ^b  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOCARDITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247352369     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.057794     Document Type: Review

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