Reply to Tubiana et al

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 132-134

  Muñoz, Patricia ^a   Kestler, Martha ^a   Bermejo, Javier ^a   Bouza, Emilio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BACTEREMIA; COMPLICATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE;

BACTEREMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84940776844     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ245     Document Type: Letter

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