Open AccessInfective endocarditis due to Streptococci and Enterococci: A 3-year retrospective study
Author(s) -
Kavita Raja,
Molly Antony,
S Harikrishnan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_205_17
Subject(s) - infective endocarditis , endocarditis , medicine , enterococcus , blood culture , microbiology and biotechnology , context (archaeology) , viridans streptococci , antibiotics , streptococcus , biology , bacteria , genetics , paleontology
Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the heart valves with an aggregation of bacteria in a fibrin plaque called vegetation.