Valve replacement for Brucella endocarditis: Two case reports

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Koumallos, Nikolaos ^a   Paschalis, Andreas ^a   Antoniades, Charalambos ^b   Tousoulis, Dimitris ^b   Simpsiris, Panagiotis ^a   Tolios, Ioannis ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b   Leonidas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Brucella; Endocarditis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 44649140350     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.081     Document Type: Article

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