Infective endocarditis: diagnosis delayed during swine flu pandemic

Postgrad Med J. 2011 Mar;87(1025):240. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.107946. Epub 2011 Jan 21.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / microbiology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / pathogenicity
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Mitral Valve / microbiology
  • Pandemics*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / surgery
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / isolation & purification*