Population-based surveillance of infectious endocarditis in an Italian region

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1720-1723

  Scudeller, Luigia ^b   Badano, Luigi ^b   Crapis, Massimo ^b   Pagotto, Alberto ^b   Viale, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 70350060464     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.307     Document Type: Article

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