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6564081

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-8-17
pubmed:abstractText
We analyzed 14 cases of nosocomial infective endocarditis which occurred over a seven-year period at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, and compared them with 90 cases of community-acquired endocarditis. Patients with nosocomial endocarditis were older, more often female, and had a greater incidence of underlying valvular heart disease and bacteremia precipitating invasive procedures (93% v 50%, p less than .05). Forty-three percent of patients had infection at the site of prosthetic valves or intracardiac prosthetic material. The disease carried a significantly higher mortality than community-acquired endocarditis (43% v 11%, p less than .01). The clinical presentation was acute and the infecting organisms reflected the site of origin of bacteremia, with staphylococci from skin and enterococci from urinary sources. Half of the cases in this series may have been prevented by the application of currently recommended preventive and therapeutic practices. Nosocomial endocarditis occurs in a definable sub-population of hospitalized patients and is potentially preventable.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0195-9417
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
284-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Nosocomial endocarditis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article