Infective endocarditis epidemiology over five decades: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Slipczuk, Leandro ^a,b   Codolosa, J Nicolas ^a   Davila, Carlos D ^a   Romero Corral, Abel ^a   Yun, Jeong ^a,c   Pressman, Gregg S ^a   Figueredo, Vincent M ^a,d  

^a EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGE FACTORS; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84891904014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082665     Document Type: Article

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