Epidemiology of infective endocarditis in Tunisia: a 10-year multicenter retrospective study
Author(s) -
A. Létaief,
Essia Boughzala,
N. Kaabia,
S. Ernez,
Fekria Abid,
T. Ben Châabane,
Mounir Ben Jemâa,
Rachid Boujnah,
Mohamed Chakroun,
Moncef Daoud,
Rafika Gaha,
N Kafsi,
A Khalfallah,
Lotfi Slimane,
Mohamed Amine Zaoualí
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.10.006
Subject(s) - infective endocarditis , medicine , epidemiology , endocarditis , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , surgery , heart disease , blood culture , population , pediatrics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , environmental health , optics , physics
Since the first description of infective endocarditis, the profile of the disease has evolved continuously with stable incidence. However, epidemiological features are different in developing countries compared with western countries.
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