Outcome of Listeria monocytogenes prosthetic valve endocarditis: As bad as it looks?

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 709-711

  De Miguel Yanes, Jose M ^a   González Ramallo, Victor J ^a   Pastor, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMBOLISM; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MEDLINE; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7944223906     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410021063a     Document Type: Review

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