Infective endocarditis--a prospective study at the end of the twentieth century: new predisposing conditions, new etiologic agents, and still a high mortality

Medicine (Baltimore). 2001 Sep;80(5):298-307. doi: 10.1097/00005792-200109000-00003.

Authors

E Bouza¹, A Menasalvas, P Muñoz, F J Vasallo, M del Mar Moreno, M A García Fernández

Affiliation

¹ Microbiology and Infectious Disease Service, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. [email protected]

PMID: 11552083
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-200109000-00003

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / etiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / mortality
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / pathology
Female
Hospitals, Teaching
Hospitals, Urban
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Spain / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
Streptococcal Infections / complications*