Treatment protocol and relapses of brucella endocarditis; cotrimoxazole in combination with the treatment of brucella endocarditis

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-229

  Fedakar, Ali ^a   Cakalagaoglu, Canturk ^a   Konukoglu, Oguz ^a   Yanartaş, Mehmet ^a   Göçer, Sinan ^a   Zeybek, Rahmi ^a   Balkanay, Mehmet ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRUCELLA ENDOCARDITIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RELAPSE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTIC VALVE; BRUCELLOSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

BRUCELLA;

EID: 80053449355     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2011.090444     Document Type: Article

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