Impact of prior antibiotic use in culture-negative endocarditis: review of 86 cases from southern Pakistan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 606-612

  Siddiqui, Bilal Karim ^a   Tariq, Muhammad ^a   Jadoon, Atif ^a   Alam, Mahboob ^a   Murtaza, Ghulam ^a   Abid, Bilal ^a   Sethi, Muhammad Jawad ^a   Atiq, Mehnaz ^a   Abrar, Sohail ^a   Smego Jr , Raymond A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Culture negative; Endocarditis; Prior antibiotic use

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD CULTURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART ABSCESS; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PAKISTAN; PNEUMONIA; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949189200     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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