Clinical Factors Associated with Reinfection versus Relapse in Infective Endocarditis: Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to identify clinical factors associated with recurrent infective endocarditis (IE) episodes. The clinical characteristics of 2816 consecutive patients with definite IE (January 2008-2018) were compared according to the development of a second episode of IE. A total of 2152 out of 2282 (94.3%) patients, who were discharged alive and followed-up for at least the first year, presented a single episode of IE, whereas 130 patients (5.7%) presented a recurrence; 70 cases (53.8%) were due to other microorganisms (reinfection), and 60 cases (46.2%) were due to the same microorganism causing the first episode. Thirty-eight patients (29.2%), whose recurrence was due to the same microorganism, were diagnosed during the first 6 months of follow-up and were considered relapses. Relapses were a

SUBMITTER: Calderon-Parra J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7918007 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature