Epidemiological and clinical profile of infective endocarditis at a Brazilian tertiary care center: an eight-year prospective study

Epidemiological and clinical profile of infective endocarditis at a Brazilian tertiary care center: an eight-year prospective study

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a systemic infectious disease requiring a multidisciplinary team for treatment. This study presents the epidemiological and clinical data of 73 cases of IE in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS This observational prospective cohort study of endoc...

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Main Authors: Paulo Vieira Damasco, Julio Cesar Delgado Correal, Ana Carolina Da Cruz-Campos, Bruno Reznik Wajsbrot, Rodrigo Guimarães da Cunha, Aloysio Guimarães da Fonseca, Márcia Bueno Castier, Claudio Querido Fortes, João Carlos Jazbick, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, John Wilhelmus Rossen, Robson de Souza Leão, Raphael Hirata Junior, Ana Luíza de Mattos Guaraldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Infectious endocarditis
HAIE
CAIE
Staphylococcus aureus
Enterococcus spp.
Streptococcus spp.
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