Infectious endocarditis in patients with cirrhosis of the liver: A model of infection in the frail patient

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1271-1275

  Fernandez Guerrero M L ^a   Gonzalez Lopez J ^a   Gorgolas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77957308454     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-0998-8     Document Type: Article

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