Infective endocarditis incidentally discovered by pathological examination

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-234

  Lepidi, H ^a   Casalta, J P ^a   Gouriet, F ^a   Collart, F ^a   Habib, G ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 38849174871     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.043836     Document Type: Article

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