Infective endocarditis in northeastern Thailand

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 473-476

  Watt, George ^a   Pachirat, Orathai ^b   Baggett, Henry C ^a,d   Maloney, Susan A ^a,d   Lulitanond, Viraphong ^b   Raoult, Didier ^c   Bhengsri, Saithip ^a   Thamthitiwat, Somsak ^a   Paupairoj, Anucha ^b   Kosoy, Michael ^d   Ud Ai, Nongrak ^b   Sukwicha, Wichuda ^a   Whistler, Toni ^d   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^c  

^a Centers for Disease Control CDC Thailand Field Station   (Thailand)

^b Aix Marseille Université ^*

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84894249310     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2003.131059     Document Type: Article

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