Profile of Infective Endocarditis: At a Tertiary Care Referral Centre.

Conclusions: Thought Rheumatic heart disease continues to be the most common predisposing factor, degenerative heart diseases and healthcare associated IE are also gradually increasing. Use of antibiotics prior to sending blood cultures remains a significant cause of culture negativity. Viridans streptococci continue to be the commonest pathogen and though ESBL E coli constituted a significant minority it could expound the changing epidemiology and risk factors for Gramnegative endocarditis especially non-HACEK group necessitating an updated review of this subject. PMID: 31331138 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research