Endocarditis, Bacterial
Conditions
Brief summary
The infectious endocarditis is a grave infection the incidence of which is at present esteemed at 30-100 episodes by million inhabitants a year. This infection is marked with a heavy morbi-mortality.Preliminary studies seem to show an abnormally high death rate at the patients presenting an infectious endocarditis to streptococci with an inhibitive minimal concentration raised to the amoxicilline. The aim of the study is to describe the epidemiology and the clinical presentations of the patients presenting an endocarditis to streptococci
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* age \> 18 years * endocartitis with steptococci with Duke's criteria
Exclusion criteria
* age \< 18 years * suspiscious endocarditis without Duke's criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluation of factors associated to the mortality in the patients presenting an endocarditis to streptococci. | an average of one year |
Countries
France