Evaluation of 61 episodes of infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers and human immunodeficiency tipe-1 virus infection;Evaluación de 61 episodios de endocarditis infecciosa en pacientes adictos a drogas intravenosas e infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana tipo-1

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-87

  Corti, M E ^a   Palmieri, O J ^a   Villafane M F ^a   Trione, N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; HIV 1; IDA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART MURMUR; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENOMEGALY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 4444370351     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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