Native Valve Endocarditis Due to Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci: Report of 99 Episodes from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database

H. Chu, Vivian; H. Cabell, C.; Abrutyn, Elías; R. Corey, G.; Hoen, Bruno; M. Miró, José; Olaison, Lars; E. Stryjewski, Martín; Pappas, Paul; J. Anstrom, Kevin; Eykyn, Susannah; Habib, Gilbert; Benito, Natividad; G. Fowler, Vance

doi:10.1086/424878

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Native Valve Endocarditis Due to Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci: Report of 99 Episodes from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Nov 2, 2004

Authors:

Vivian H. Chu

C. H. Cabell

Elías Abrutyn

Abstract

Using a large cohort of patients from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database, we compared coagulase-negative staphylococcal (CoNS) native-valve endocarditis (NVE) to NVE caused by more common pathogens. Rates of heart failure and mortality were similar between patients with ...

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Medicine

Endocarditis

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