Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 157-160 , March 2008

Q fever bioprosthetic aortic valve endocarditis (PVE) successfully treated with doxycycline monotherapy

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Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 157-160 , March 2008

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