Should Acute Q-Fever Patients be Screened for Valvulopathy to Prevent Endocarditis?

BACKGROUND: Echocardiographic screening of acute Q-fever patients and antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with cardiac valvulopathy is considered an important approach to prevent chronic Q-fever-related endocarditis. During a large Q-fever epidemic in the Netherlands, routine screening echocardiogra...

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Autores principales: de Lange, Marit M A, Gijsen, Laura E V, Wielders, Cornelia C H, van der Hoek, Wim, Scheepmaker, Arko, Schneeberger, Peter M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Articles and Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6051461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29471496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy128

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