Infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers: an update
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[Infectious endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers].
Clinical course of infectious endocarditis (IE) was analysed for 43 intravenous drug abusers. 42 of them had primary IE, one patient--secondary. Acute course and high activity of the disease were registered in 86% of the patients. IE was provoked by Staphylococcus aureus (50%), Staphylococcus epidermidis 920%), Staphylococcus haemolyticus (11%), E. coli (8%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2%), Candid...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0934-9723,1435-4373
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1675-x