Infective endocarditis--a prospective study at the end of the twentieth century: new predisposing conditions, new etiologic agents, and still a high mortality.
Bouza
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E
Microbiology and Infectious Disease Service, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. ebouza@microb.net
Menasalvas
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A
Muñoz
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P
Vasallo
F J
FJ
del Mar Moreno
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M
García Fernández
M A
MA
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*