Histopathology of valves in infective endocarditis, diagnostic criteria and treatment considerations.

Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe disease. Pathogen isolation is fundamental so as to treat effectively and reduce morbidity and mortality. Blood and valve culture and histopathology (HP) are routinely employed for this purpose. Valve HP is the gold standard for diagnosis. Objectiv...

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Publicado en:	Infection Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 199 - 208
Autores principales:	Brandão, Tatiana, Januario-da-Silva, Carolina, Correia, Marcelo, Zappa, Monica, Abrantes, Jaime, Dantas, Angela, Golebiovski, Wilma, Barbosa, Giovanna, Weksler, Clara, Lamas, Cristiane
Formato:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado:	Springer Nature Apr2017
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