Infective endocarditis in children without underlying heart disease: A retrospective study analyzing 11 cases;Endocardite infectieuse sur coeur sain chez l'enfant: étude rétrospective de 11 cas

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1047-1055

  Le Guillou, S ^a   Casalta, J P ^b   Fraisse, A ^a   Kreitmann, B ^a   Chabrol, B ^a   Dubus, J C ^a,c   Bosdure, E ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FRANCE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART MURMURS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77954143163     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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