Epidemiology, microbiology, and outcomes of infective endocarditis in a tertiary center in Jordan.
Hanna K Al-MakhamrehFaris G Al BakriMoayad Shaf'eiEnsherah MokheemerShahed AlqudahAmani NofalHanna MatarwahTala Basim AltarawnehAhmad A ToubasiPublished in: Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) (2023)
In patients with endocarditis, Streptococcus viridans is the most common culture-positive bacteria at JUH. One third of our patients needed surgical intervention and the mortality rate was 13%.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- randomized controlled trial
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular events
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- candida albicans
- escherichia coli
- coronary artery disease
- biofilm formation
- patient reported outcomes
- staphylococcus aureus
- weight loss
- insulin resistance