Infectious endocarditis: Diagnosis and treatment

American Family Physician

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 981-986

  Pierce, Deborah ^a   Calkins, Bethany C ^a   Thornton, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861727464     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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