Multisystem organ failure due to gemella morbillorum native valve endocarditis

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 923-925

  Hull, James E ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA; ECHOGRAPHY; GEMELLA; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GEMELLA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

EID: 78149273507     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00121     Document Type: Article

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