American Heart Journal
Volume 147, Issue 3 , Pages 536-539 , March 2004

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis: the Grady Memorial Hospital experience with methicillin-sensitive S aureus and methicillin-resistant S aureus bacteremia

  • James Abraham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga, USA
    • ,
  • Craig Mansour, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga, USA
    • ,
  • Emir Veledar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Emory Center for Outcomes Research, Atlanta, Ga, USA
    • ,
  • Bobby Khan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga, USA
    • ,
  • Stamatios Lerakis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stamatios Lerakis, MD, FACC, FASE, FCCP, 69 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.

Received 10 January 2003 ,Accepted 19 September 2003.

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PII: S0002-8703(03)00764-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.09.018

American Heart Journal
Volume 147, Issue 3 , Pages 536-539 , March 2004

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