A 10-year retrospective analysis of the clinical profile and outcomes of infective endocarditis at a tertiary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Nerissa Sanrisha Naidoo, Somalingum Ponnusamy, Datshana Prakesh Naidoo

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Article in Cardiovascular journal of Africa. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Nerissa Sanrisha NaidooDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. Email: nerissas.naidoo@gmail.com.

Somalingum PonnusamyDepartment of Cardiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Datshana Prakesh NaidooDepartment of Cardiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

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Abstract

objectiveTo examine the clinical profile and treatment outcomes of infective endocarditis (IE) at a tertiary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal.

methodsA 10-year retrospective analysis was conducted on cases of definite IE (modified Duke criteria).

resultsNinety-seven subjects (HIV infected,

conclusionIE affects young people with underlying rheumatic heart disease and is associated with high morbi-mortality attributable to advanced disease at presentation and to haemodynamic failure resulting from valve destruction due to acute onset of aggressive infection.

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EndocarditisEndocarditis, BacterialRheumatic Heart DiseaseAdolescentAdultHospital MortalityHumansMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSouth AfricaTertiary Care CentersYoung AdultHIV positiveinfective endocarditisrheumatic heart diseasesurgeryvegetations

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PMID35080579

DOI10.5830/CVJA-2021-063

PMCPMC9650145

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