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Luke D Hunter, Simon Poerstamper, Philip G Herbst, Anton F Doubell, Colette Pienaar, Jantjie J Taljaard, Hans Prozesky, Jacques J Janson, Alfonso Jk Pecoraro

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Article in Open heart, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Luke D HunterDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa lukehunter1987@icloud.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7410-1339
Simon PoerstamperDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Philip G HerbstDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Anton F DoubellDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Colette PienaarDivision of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Jantjie J TaljaardDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Hans ProzeskyDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9715-3449
Jacques J JansonDivision of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Alfonso Jk PecoraroDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6549-9402

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMETHODS AND

resultsData from the Tygerberg Endocarditis Cohort Study were evaluated between October 2019 and May 2023. Continuous variables were reported as mean with SD if normally distributed, alternatively as median with IQR. Categorical variables were reported as counts and percentages. A Kaplan-Meier curve will be used to depict the mortality rate of operated versus unoperated patients. The mean age (±SD) was 38±9 years, 70.9% were male, 25.8% were either homeless or lived in informal housing, 70.9% were unemployed, 54.8% had an underlying alcohol-use disorder and 25.8% were HIV positive. Blood serology was positive (IgG titre ≥1:256) in 96.7% of patients with available sera. Valvular tissue was available for PCR testing in 18 cases. Of these, DISCUSSION:

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BartonellaBartonella InfectionsEndemic DiseasesEndocarditis, BacterialAdultBlood CultureFemaleFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolymerase Chain ReactionRetrospective StudiesSouth AfricaDiagnostic ImagingEchocardiographyEndocarditis

Identifiers

PMID40780843
PMCPMC12336616

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