Medical versus medical and surgical treatment for brucella endocarditis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2141-2146

  Keshtkar Jahromi, Maryam ^a,b   Razavi, Seyed Mostafa ^b   Gholamin, Sharareh ^b   Keshtkar Jahromi, Marzieh ^b   Hossain, Mian ^a,c   Sajadi, Mohammad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA ENDOCARDITIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84870003450     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.07.006     Document Type: Review

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