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Infective endocarditis: Beyond the usual tests

Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe, MD, Steven R. Jones, MD, Thorsten M. Leucker, MD, PhD and Daniel J. Brotman, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2019, 86 (8) 559-567; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18120
Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Assistant Director of Clinical Operations, Hospitalist Program, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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Steven R. Jones
Director, Inpatient Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute, Baltimore, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Thorsten M. Leucker
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director of Basic and Translational Vascular Biology Research within the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD
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Daniel J. Brotman
Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Hospitalist Program, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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vol. 86 no. 8 559-567
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18120
PubMed 
31385793

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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0891-1150
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1939-2869
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  • Published online August 1, 2019.

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  1. Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe, MD
  1. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Assistant Director of Clinical Operations, Hospitalist Program, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
  1. Steven R. Jones, MD
  1. Director, Inpatient Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute, Baltimore, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  1. Thorsten M. Leucker, MD, PhD
  1. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director of Basic and Translational Vascular Biology Research within the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD
  1. Daniel J. Brotman, MD
  1. Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Hospitalist Program, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

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Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe, Steven R. Jones, Thorsten M. Leucker, Daniel J. Brotman
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Aug 2019, 86 (8) 559-567; DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.86a.18120

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Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe, Steven R. Jones, Thorsten M. Leucker, Daniel J. Brotman
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    • INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IS DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT
    • ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE, BUT IS LIMITED
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