Brucella infective endocarditis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Scarano, M ^a   Pezzuoli, F ^a   Patane S ^b  

^a Madonna del Soccorso Hospital   (Italy)

^b San Vincenzo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Endocarditis; Heart disease; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRUCELLA INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; BRUCELLA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84900258171     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.01.110     Document Type: Article

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