Infective endocarditis after endoscopy

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 639-640

  Karvaj, Marian ^a   Krcmery, Vladimir ^b   Kisac, Peter ^c  

^a St Lesley School of Health   (Slovakia)

^b St Elizabeth University College of Health and Social Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c St Elizabeth University   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS INFECTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL ENDOSCOPY; AGED; ENDOCARDITIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS;

EID: 77954800818     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365541003796783     Document Type: Letter

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