Acute Streptococcus agalactiae endocarditis: Outcomes of early surgical treatment

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-334

  Siciliano, Rinaldo Focaccia ^a   Cais, Daiane Patricia ^a   Navarro, Roberto Carrasco ^a   Varejão Strabelli, Tânia Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954310179     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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