Risk factors for systemic emboli in infective endocarditis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-53

  Deprele C ^a   Berthelot, Ph ^a   Lemetayer, F ^a   Comtet, C ^a   Fresard, A ^a   Cazorla, C ^a   Fascia, P ^a   Cathebras P ^a   Chaumentin, G ^b   Convert, G ^b   Isaaz, K ^a   Barral, X ^a   Lucht, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac disease; Emboli; Endocarditis; Mobility; Size; Vegetations

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; EMBOLISM; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 9144266268     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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