Trends in neurological complications of endocarditis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1253-1259

  Corral, Iñigo ^a   Martín Dávila, Pilar ^a   Fortún, Jesús ^a   Navas, Enrique ^a   Centella, Tomasa ^a   Moya, José Luis ^a   Cobo, Javier ^a   Quereda, Carmen ^a   Pintado, Vicente ^a   Moreno, Santiago ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral haemorrhage; Cerebral infarction; Epidemiology; Infectious endocarditis; Staphylococus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NATIVE VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; NATIVE VALVE ENDOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH PARENTHERAL DRUG ADDICTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER ASSOCIATED ENDOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; CAUSALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 36148988035     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0512-5     Document Type: Article

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