Infective endocarditis in congenital heart disease

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1111-1127

  Knirsch, Walter ^a   Nadal, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Cardiac surgery. Interventional cardiology; Congenital heart disease; Echocardiography; Infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ABSCESS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOLOGY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SPLENOMEGALY; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ENDOCARDITIS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80054773482     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1520-8     Document Type: Review

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