Atrial septal defect presenting with Brucella endocarditis

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2096-2097

  Tuncer, Mustafa ^a   Ekim, Hasan ^a   Güneş, Yilmaz ^a   Güntekin, Ünal ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Brucella; Endocarditis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; POLYPROPYLENE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RIGOR; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLOSIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56849131599     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-07-0980     Document Type: Article

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