A comparison of HIV-positive patients with and without infective endocarditis: An echocardiographic study - The Emory endocarditis group experience

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 328, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-149

  Smith, Dustin T ^a   Sherwood, Matthew ^a   Crisel, Ryan ^a   Abraham, James ^a   Mansour, Craig ^a   Veledar, Emir ^a   Mondschein, Robert ^a   Lerakis, Stamatios ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Emory University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bacteremia; Echocardiography; Endocarditis; HIV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABUSE; DUKE CRITERION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; RACE; REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 4644362011     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200409000-00002     Document Type: Article

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