Current profile of infective endocarditis in intravenous drug users: The prognostic relevance of the valves involved

Int J Cardiol. 2015:187:472-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.368. Epub 2015 Mar 27.

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Ciencias del Corazón (ICICOR), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain. Electronic address: ortiz.bautista.carlos@gmail.com.
² Instituto de Ciencias del Corazón (ICICOR), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain.
³ Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Servicio de Medicina Interna-Infecciosas, Instituto de Investigación del Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 25846656
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.368

No abstract available

Keywords: Infective endocarditis; Intravenous drug use; Right-sided infective endocarditis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Drug Users
Endocarditis / blood
Endocarditis / epidemiology*
Endocarditis / microbiology
Endocarditis / pathology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / blood
Endocarditis, Bacterial / epidemiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology
Female
HIV Infections / blood
HIV Infections / epidemiology
HIV Infections / pathology
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Male
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Staphylococcal Infections / blood
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / pathology
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / blood
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / epidemiology*
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / microbiology*
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / pathology