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1. Analysis of mortality and risk factors associated with native valve endocarditis in drug users: The importance of vegetation size

Subjects
Endocarditis -- Risk factors, Endocarditis -- Health aspects, Cross infection -- Risk factors, Cross infection -- Health aspects, Nosocomial infections -- Risk factors, Nosocomial infections -- Health aspects, Cardiac patients -- Health aspects, Mortality, Health
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To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2005.02.009 Byline: Pilar Martin-Davila (a), Enrique Navas (a), Jesus Fortun (a), Jose Luis Moya (b), Javier Cobo (a), Vicente Pintado (a), Carmen Quereda (a), Manuel Jimenez-Mena (b), Santiago Moreno (a) Abstract: Native valve endocarditis in drug-user patients had a microbiology, a frequency of involvement of different cardiac valves, and a prognosis that differ from those in non-drug users. A retrospective study of native valve endocarditis cases in intravenous drug users diagnosed from 1985 to 1999 in our institution was performed to analyze the inhospital mortality of drug users with native valve endocarditis and to identify factors predictive of mortality. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain (b) Department of Cardiology, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain Article History: Received 23 June 2004; Accepted 7 February 2005

Published
2005

2. Antimicrobial pressure and the emergence and spread of multiresistant enterococci

Author

Rice, Louis B.

Subjects
Cross infection -- Development and progression, Cross infection -- Risk factors, Cross infection -- Health aspects, Cross infection -- Genetic aspects, Nosocomial infections -- Development and progression, Nosocomial infections -- Risk factors, Nosocomial infections -- Health aspects, Nosocomial infections -- Genetic aspects, Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Development and progression, Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Risk factors, Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Health aspects, Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Genetic aspects, Hospitals -- Health aspects, Hospitals -- Genetic aspects, Ampicillin -- Health aspects, Ampicillin -- Genetic aspects, Infection control -- Health aspects, Infection control -- Genetic aspects, Microbiology -- Health aspects, Microbiology -- Genetic aspects, Pharmaceutical industry -- Health aspects, Pharmaceutical industry -- Genetic aspects, Military-industrial complex -- Health aspects, Military-industrial complex -- Genetic aspects, Caprolactam -- Health aspects, Caprolactam -- Genetic aspects, Cephaloridine -- Health aspects, Cephaloridine -- Genetic aspects, Cephalosporins -- Health aspects, Cephalosporins -- Genetic aspects, Moxalactam -- Health aspects, Moxalactam -- Genetic aspects, Disease transmission -- Development and progression, Disease transmission -- Risk factors, Disease transmission -- Health aspects, Disease transmission -- Genetic aspects, Endocarditis -- Development and progression, Endocarditis -- Risk factors, Endocarditis -- Health aspects, Endocarditis -- Genetic aspects, Medical research -- Health aspects, Medical research -- Genetic aspects, Medicine, Experimental -- Health aspects, Medicine, Experimental -- Genetic aspects, Health
Published
2001

3. Broadened definition of health care-associated infective endocarditis and risk of misclassification for some community-acquired episodes

Author

Lomas, Jose Manuel, Martinez-Marcos, Francisco Javier, de Alarcon, Aristides, Galvez, Juan, Plata, Antonio, and Ruiz, Josefa

Subjects
Cross infection -- Risk factors, Cross infection -- Diagnosis, Cross infection -- Terminology, Nosocomial infections -- Risk factors, Nosocomial infections -- Diagnosis, Nosocomial infections -- Terminology, Endocarditis -- Risk factors, Endocarditis -- Diagnosis, Health, Health care industry
Published
2009

4. Reply to Lomas et al

Author

Fernandez-Hidalgo, Nuria, Almirante, Benito, and Pahissa, Albert

Subjects
Endocarditis -- Risk factors, Endocarditis -- Diagnosis, Endocarditis -- Terminology, Cross infection -- Risk factors, Cross infection -- Diagnosis, Cross infection -- Terminology, Nosocomial infections -- Risk factors, Nosocomial infections -- Diagnosis, Nosocomial infections -- Terminology, Health, Health care industry
Published
2009

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