The Research of the Changes of Clinical Features of Patients with Infective Endocarditis in the Last 20 Years
WU Zhi-jian
TU Xuan-qing
ZHENG Yuan-qi
Abstract：Objective:To investigate the changes of clinical features of IE(infective endocarditis) in last 20 years.Method:The clinical data of 69 patients in our hospital from January 1990 to January 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.According to the time the patients admitted to hospital,they were divided into the early group and the late group.The early group for January 1990 to December 1999 hospitalized patients;the late group in January 2000 to January 2010 hospitalized patients.All of the patients were diagnosed with reference to the Duke criteria.The changes of clinical features of the two groups were observed.Result:There were 69 patients with Infective endocarditis.The most frequent organism causing IE was Streptococcus viridians both in the last 20 years.The 90-day mortality of IE was 3% in the 1990 s and 5% in the 2000 s.Composite events of 90-day death and central nervous system disorders were significantly higher in the 2000 s compared with the 1990 s(P<0.05).Conclusion:During the past 20 years, the region of pathogenic bacteria in patients with infective endocarditis and no obvious change,in the 1990 s and the first 10 years of 21 century mortality in patients with no obvious change.
Keywords：Infective endocarditisClinical featuresStreptococcus
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 16-18 )