HACEK infective endocarditis: Epidemiology, clinical features, and outcome: A case–control study
Author(s) -
Juan Ambrosioni,
Clara Luz Martínez-García,
Jaume Llopis,
C. García-de-la-Mària,
Marta HernándezMeneses,
Adrián Téllez,
Carlos Falces,
Manel Almela,
Bárbara Vidal,
Elena Sandoval,
David Fuster,
Eduard Quintana,
José Marı́a Tolosana,
Francesc Marco,
Asunción Moreno,
José M. Miró
Publication year - 2018
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.2018.08.013
Subject(s) - medicine , infective endocarditis , interquartile range , endocarditis , confidence interval , surgery , epidemiology
The study aimed to describe the epidemiological, microbiological, and clinical features of a population sample of 17 patients with HACEK infective endocarditis (HACEK-IE) and to compare them with matched control patients with IE caused by viridans group streptococci (VGS-IE).
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