Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcome of infective endocarditis due to Abiotrophia and Granulicatella in a Tertiary Hospital in China, 2015–2023: a retrospective study
GRA/ABI-IE was approximately one-seventh as prevalent as VGS-IE. Congestive heart failure and systemic embolization (excluding CNS) were more frequent in GRA/ABI-IE compared to VGS-IE. Mortality of ABI/GRA-IE in this study was comparable to that of VGS-IE and lower than previously reported results.
Authors
- Yuzhang Shan
- Jiasheng Yin
- Sishi Cai
- Chunmei Zhou
- Lijuan Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1968-0897)
- Chunsheng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1492-8972)
- Rong Bao
- Jue Pan
- Bijie Hu
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Zhongshan Hospital (CN)
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09943-4
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Fudan University