Infective endocarditis in patients with liver cirrhosis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 355-358

  Hsu, Ron Bin ^a   Chen, Robert J ^a   Chun, Shu Hsun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Endocarditis; Liver cirrhosis; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TAIWAN; UREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAIWAN;

EID: 3543103212     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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