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8588139

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
In a retrospective study covering the years 1982-1989 episodes of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in 51 intravenous drug users were studied. Tricuspid involvement dominated (34/51), but the frequency of left-sided involvement (33.3%) was greater than in earlier reports. Involvement of both sides of the heart was not detected, but 27.8% of the left-sided endocarditis cases had multiple pulmonary infiltrates, indicating that some of them might have had a concomitant right-sided endocarditis. The 2 groups were compared: patients with left-sided endocarditis were significantly older and with a longer time of intravenous drug use. The complication rate was the same (44.1%) as was the duration of antibiotic treatment (median 42 days). In total, five patients underwent surgery, two (5.8%) due to right-sided failure and three (29.4%) because of left-sided endocarditis. The mortality of tricuspid endocarditis was low (2.9%), whereas 5 patients (29.4%) with left-sided involvement died. The patients who died were significantly older and had a shorter duration of symptoms before hospitalization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5548
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
483-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in Danish intravenous drug users: high proportion of left-sided endocarditis.
pubmed:affiliation
Staphylococcus Laboratory, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article