Blood culture-negative endocarditis: Improving the diagnostic yield using new diagnostic tools

Blood culture-negative endocarditis (BCNE) may represent up to 70% of all endocarditis cases, depending on series. From 2001 to 2009, we implemented in our laboratory a multimodal diagnostic strategy for BCNE that included systematized testing of blood, and when available, valvular biopsy specimens...

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Autores principales: Fournier, Pierre-Edouard, Gouriet, Frédérique, Casalta, Jean-Paul, Lepidi, Hubert, Chaudet, Hervé, Thuny, Franck, Collart, Frédéric, Habib, Gilbert, Raoult, Didier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29381916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000008392

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