Microbiological profile and risk factors for in-hospital mortality of infective endocarditis in tertiary care hospitals of south Vietnam

We aimed to evaluate the microbiological characteristics and risk factors for mortality of infective endocarditis in two tertiary hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, south Vietnam. A retrospective study of 189 patients (120 men, 69 women; mean age 38 ± 18 years) with the diagnosis of probable or definite...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 12; no. 12; p. e0189421
Main Authors:	Tran, Hoang M., Truong, Vien T., Ngo, Tam M. N., Bui, Quoc P. V., Nguyen, Hoang C., Le, Trung T. Q., Mazur, Wojciech, Chung, Eugene, Cafardi, John M., Pham, Khanh P. N., Duong, Hoang H. N., Nguyen, Thach, Nguyen, Vu T., Pham, Vinh N.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 14.12.2017 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Ampicillin Analysis Antibiotics Antimicrobial resistance Biology and Life Sciences Blood Cardiology Ceftriaxone Congenital diseases Endocarditis Epidemiology Health risk assessment Health risks Heart Heart diseases Heart failure Hospitals Infectious diseases Infective endocarditis Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Methicillin Mortality Oral hygiene Pathogens Patients Penicillin Prostheses Quality Regression analysis Risk analysis Risk factors Sensitivity Slopes Staphylococcus aureus Statistical analysis Vancomycin Vegetation Vietnam Vietnam United States > US Ohio
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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