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Editorial
. 2022 Aug 16;11(16):e026788.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.026788. Epub 2022 Aug 10.

Infective Endocarditis Remains a Deadly Disease-It's Bad News, Especially When Staphylococci and Enterococci Are Involved: A Call to Action

Christopher P Primus  1 , Simon Woldman  1   2
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Editorial

Infective Endocarditis Remains a Deadly Disease-It's Bad News, Especially When Staphylococci and Enterococci Are Involved: A Call to Action

Christopher P Primus et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; blood stream infection; heart valve disease; infective endocarditis; mortality; nationwide study; organism; population study.

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