Journal article
Health Care-Associated Native Valve Endocarditis: Importance of Non-nosocomial Acquisition
Natividad Benito, Jose M Miro, Elisa de Lazzari, Christopher H Cabell, Ana del Rio, Javier Altclas, Patrick Commerford, Francois Delahaye, Stefan Dragulescu, Helen Giamarellou, Gilbert Habib, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, A Sampath Kumar, Francisco M Nacinovich, Fredy Suter, Christophe Tribouilloy, Krishnan Venugopal, Asuncion Moreno, Vance G Fowler
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE | AMER COLL PHYSICIANS | Published : 2009
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The clinical profile and outcome of nosocomial and non-nosocomial health care-associated native valve endocarditis are not well defined. OBJECTIVE: To compare the characteristics and outcomes of community-associated and nosocomial and non-nosocomial health care-associated native valve endocarditis. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: 61 hospitals in 28 countries. PATIENTS: Patients with definite native valve endocarditis and no history of injection drug use who were enrolled in the ICE-PCS (International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study) from June 2000 to August 2005. MEASUREMENTS: Clinical and echocardiographic findings, microbiology, complications, ..
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Awarded by National Institutes of Health
Awarded by American Heart Association
Awarded by Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases
Awarded by American Heart Association (AHA)
Funding Acknowledgements
By the National Institutes of Health (grant R01-AI068804); the American Heart Association (grant 0455802U); the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases (grant REIPI RD06/0008); and the Fundacion Privada Maximo Soriano Jimenez, Barcelona, Spain (grant supporting the Hospital Clinic Endocarditis database). Dr. Miro received a Research Grant from the Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer and the Conselleria de Salut de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.