British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of endocarditis: What the cardiologist needs to know

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 757-759

  Watkin, Richard ^a   Sandoe, Jonathan ^b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLOXACILLIN; DAPTOMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84860914573     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301772     Document Type: Editorial

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