Open AccessInfective endocarditis at a hospital in Saudi Arabia: epidemiology, bacterial pathogens and outcome
Author(s) -
Jaffar A. AlTawfiq,
Ismail Sufi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of saudi medicine/annals of saudi medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 0975-4466
pISSN - 0256-4947
DOI - 10.4103/0256-4947.57164
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , infective endocarditis , epidemiology , etiology , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics
Data on infective endocarditis prevalence, epidemiology and etiology from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region are sparse. We undertook this study to describe the pattern and the causative agents of endocarditis at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.