Profile of infective endocarditis at a tertiary care center in Brazil during a seven-year period: Prognostic factors and in-hospital outcome

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Nunes, Maria Carmo Pereira ^a   Gelape, Claudio Leo ^a   Ferrari, Teresa Cristina Abreu ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Infective endocarditis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955913505     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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