Infective endocarditis: review of 135 cases over 9 years.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on February 01, 1996

Authors

R M Sandre1, S D Shafran

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

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