Abstract
Repeat infective endocarditis due to the same species can represent relapse of the initial infection or a new infection. We used time-based clinical criteria and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-based molecular criteria to classify 13 cases of repeat infective endocarditis as either relapse or reinfection. The agreement between clinical and molecular criteria was imperfect (agreement in 10 [77%] of 13 cases).
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / prevention & control*
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Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / prevention & control
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Humans
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Propionibacterium acnes / isolation & purification
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Recurrence
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Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
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Staphylococcus epidermidis / isolation & purification
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Streptococcus sanguis / isolation & purification