Trends in Infective Endocarditis in California and New York State, 1998-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Prophylaxis and treatment guidelines for infective endocarditis have changed substantially over the past decade. In the United States, few population-based studies have explored the contemporary epidemiology and outcomes of endocarditis.

Objective

To quantify trends in the incidence and etiologies of infective endocarditis in the United States.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective population epidemiology study of patients hospitalized with a first episode of endocarditis identified from mandatory state databases in California and New York State between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2013.

Exposure

Infective endocarditis.

Main outcomes and measures

Outcomes were crude and standardized incidence of endocarditis and trends in patien

SUBMITTER: Toyoda N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5470417 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature