Infective endocarditis: diagnosis delayed during swine flu pandemic.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, UK. william.moody@nhs.net
William
W
Moody
Margaret
M
Loudon
Richard
R
Watkin
Richard
R
Steeds
Bernard
B
Prendergast
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000472:pathogenicity; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000382:microbiology; D058873:Pandemics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*