title: [Guidelines for the diagnosis of endocarditis. Pathology of the cardiac valves].
abstract: This article reports the difficulties of the diagnosis of endocarditis, especially when blood cultures are negative. It emphasizes the respective roles of the microbiology and pathology laboratories for the processing of cardiac valves removed by surgery. It clarifies the morphological characteristics of the endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Lyon.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Loire
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vissuzaine
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bruneval
mesh_terms: D004696:Endocarditis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Recommandations pour le diagnostic des endocardites. Etude anatomopathologique des valves cardiaques.