Journal article
Streptococcus agalactiae infective endocarditis in Canada: a multicenter retrospective nested case control analysis
Abstract
BackgroundInfective endocarditis (IE) caused by Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) is increasingly reported and associated with an aggressive course and high mortality rate. Existing literature on GBS IE is limited to case series; we compared the characteristics of patients with GBS IE to patients with GBS bacteremia without IE to identify risk factors for development of IE.MethodsA nested case–control study in a cohort of adult patients with GBS …
Authors
Oravec T; Oravec SA; Leigh J; Matthews L; Ghadaki B; Mertz D; Daley P; Shroff A
Journal
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol. 22, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2022
DOI
10.1186/s12879-021-06997-6
ISSN
1471-2334