Infective endocarditis: Review of 36 cases;Endocardite infettiva: Review di 36 casi

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-163

  Lupis, Francesco ^a   Giordano, Salvatore ^a   Pampinella, Diego ^a   Scarlata, Francesco ^a   Romano, Amelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult; Enterococcus faecalis; Infective endocarditis; Risk factors; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITALY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CANDIDIASIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70350227179     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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