Infected atrial myxoma: A rare cause of fever

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-42

  Falasca, Katia ^a   Ucciferri, Claudio ^a   Mancino, Paola ^a   Di Girolamo, Arturo ^a   Vecchiet, Jacopo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fever; FUO; Infected atrial myxoma; Staphylococcus spp.

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; SEROLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 42049118024     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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