The increasing incidence of Streptococcus bovis endocarditis and bacteraemia: A case series from 1997 to 2010

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-113

  Coffey, Sean ^a,b   Nadarasa, Kugathasan ^c   Pan, Antony ^d   Van Der Linden, Antje ^b   Chu, John ^a,b   Schultz, Michael ^a,b  

^a DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Heart Care Victoria   (Australia)

^d Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Colonoscopy; Colorectal neoplasia; Endocarditis; Streptococcus bovis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BIOTYPE; CASE STUDY; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS BACTEREMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS ENDOCARDITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 84868682230     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.06.031     Document Type: Article

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