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Preeminence of Staphylococcus aureus in Infective Endocarditis: A 1-Year Population-Based Survey
Author(s) -
Christine SeltonSuty,
M. Célard,
Vincent Le Moing,
Thanh DocoLecompte,
Catherine Chirouze,
Bernard Iung,
Christophe Cellier,
Matthieu Revest,
François Vandenesch,
A. Bouvet,
François Delahaye,
François Alla,
Xavier Duval,
Bruno Hoen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis199
Subject(s) - infective endocarditis , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , endocarditis , micrococcaceae , staphylococcal infections , population , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , environmental health , biology , genetics
Observational studies showed that the profile of infective endocarditis (IE) significantly changed over the past decades. However, most studies involved referral centers. We conducted a population-based study to control for this referral bias. The objective was to update the description of characteristics of IE in France and to compare the profile of community-acquired versus healthcare-associated IE.

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