| Autor: |
Yock-Corrales A; From the *Servicio de Emergencias Pediátricas and †Servicio de Infectología Pediátrica, Hospital Nacional de Niños de Costa Rica, 'Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera,' San José, Costa Rica., Segreda-Constenla A, Ulloa-Gutierrez R |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The Pediatric infectious disease journal [Pediatr Infect Dis J] 2014 Jan; Vol. 33 (1), pp. 104-6. |
| DOI: |
10.1097/INF.0000000000000022 |
| Abstrakt: |
Few reports of infective endocarditis in Latin American children have been published. We describe the epidemiology of infective endocarditis at the only pediatric tertiary hospital in Costa Rica. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus rate was isolated in 44% of cases. The case fatality rate was 23%. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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