Streptococcus agalactiae left-sided infective endocarditis. Analysis of 27 cases from a multicentric cohort

Journal of Infection

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-59

  Ivanova Georgieva, R ^a   Garcia Lopez M V ^a   Ruiz Morales, J ^a   Martinez Marcos F J ^b   Lomas, J M ^b   Plata, A ^c   Noureddine, M ^d   Hidalgo Tenorio, C ^e   Reguera, J M ^c   De la Torre Lima, J ^d   Galvez Aceval J ^f   Marquez M ^a   de Alarcon A ^g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Streptococcus agalactiae infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEART FAILURE; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STROKE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; ENDOCARDITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 77953809849     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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