Clinical and echocardiographic risk factors for embolism and mortality in infective endocarditis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1159-1164

  Hill, Evelyn E ^a   Herijgers, Paul ^a   Claus, Piet ^a   Vanderschueren, Steven ^a   Peetermans, Willy E ^a   Herregods, Marie Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 56449096913     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0572-9     Document Type: Article

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