Infective endocarditis in haemodialysis patients: 16-year experience at one institution

NDT Plus

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-256

  Baroudi, Samir ^a   Qazi, Rizwan A ^a   Lentine, Krista L ^a   Bastani, Bahar ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Haemodialysis; Infective endocarditis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 48749091345     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfn026     Document Type: Article

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