Serious complications after infective endocarditis

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Le, Van ^a   Gill, Sabine ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; DENMARK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251530752     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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