Repeat infective endocarditis: differentiating relapse from reinfection.
Clin Infect Dis
; 41(3): 406-9, 2005 Aug 01.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16007540
ABSTRACT
Repeat infective endocarditis due to the same species can represent relapse of the initial infection or a new infection. We used time-based clinical criteria and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-based molecular criteria to classify 13 cases of repeat infective endocarditis as either relapse or reinfection. The agreement between clinical and molecular criteria was imperfect (agreement in 10 [77%] of 13 cases).
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Endocardite Bacteriana
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2005
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Article