Infective endocarditis at a tertiary care centre in Saudi Arabia: Review of 47 cases over 10 years

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-71

  Nashmi, A ^a   Memish, Z A ^a,b  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EMBOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; KIDNEY FAILURE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX RATIO; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34347342977     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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