Endocarditis due to Granulicatella adiacens in an old patient [3];Endocarditis por Granulicatella adiacens en un paciente anciano

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 128, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 758-

  Real, Susana Hernando ^a   González, Pablo Carrero ^a   González, Fernando Chaves ^b   González, Rebeca ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE SEGOVIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODONTOLOGY;

EID: 34347346104     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13106132     Document Type: Letter

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