Diseases

Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis

ENDOCARDIUM infection that is usually caused by STREPTOCOCCUS. Subacute infective endocarditis evolves over weeks and months with modest toxicity and rare metastatic infection.

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Abstract

ENDOCARDIUM infection that is usually caused by STREPTOCOCCUS. Subacute infective endocarditis evolves over weeks and months with modest toxicity and rare metastatic infection.

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6 entry terms
  • Bacterial Endocarditides, Subacute
  • Bacterial Endocarditis, Subacute
  • Endocarditides, Subacute Bacterial
  • Endocarditis Lenta
  • Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial
  • Subacute Bacterial Endocarditides

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate with specific bacterium /infections heading (IM)

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WG 285

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004698. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004698
  2. Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacute_bacterial_endocarditis
  3. Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271749