Healthcare-associated versus community-associated infective endocarditis in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 585-588

  Marom, Daphna ^a,b   Levy, Itzhak ^a,b   Gutwein, Odit ^a,b   Birk, Einat ^a,b   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

endocarditis; healthcare associated infections; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CANDIDA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; KINGELLA KINGAE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 79959765976     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31820f66c7     Document Type: Article

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