Comparison of the clinical manifestations of infective endocarditis between elderly and young patients - A 3-year study

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-159

  Huang, Tseng Yu ^a   Tseng, Hsiang Kuang ^a   Liu, Chang Pan ^a,b   Lee, Chun Ming ^a,b,c  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Mackay Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aged; Endocarditis; Middle aged; Mortality; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPNEA; EMBOLISM; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLISM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SPLEEN INFARCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRICUSPID VALVE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651121724     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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