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Table 4: Distribution of isolated microorganisms in native and prosthetic valve infective endocarditis (N = 60). |
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Isolated microorganism |
Native n |
Prosthetic n |
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Staphylococcus aureus MR |
5 |
0 |
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Staphylococcus aureus MS |
9 |
2 |
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Staphylococcus epidermidis |
1 |
4 |
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Staphylococcus haemolyticus |
1 |
0 |
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Staphylococcus lugdunensis |
1 |
0 |
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Streptococcus anginosus |
0 |
1 |
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Streptococcus mitis |
1 |
0 |
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Enterococcus faecium MR |
1 |
0 |
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Enterococcus faecium MS |
1 |
0 |
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Enterococcus faecalis |
2 |
0 |
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Escherichia coli (ESBL) |
1 |
1 |
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Enterobacter cloacae |
1 |
1 |
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Haemophilus parainfluenzae |
1 |
0 |
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Klebsiella spp. |
1 |
0 |
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Salmonella spp. |
1 |
0 |
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Pseudomonas |
2 |
0 |
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia |
2 |
0 |
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Non microbiological identified |
10 |
4 |
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Data not available* |
5 |
1 |
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* Since some patients were already receiving treatment for suspected endocarditis at hospital admission, culture samples were not available in all cases, and microbiological data could not be retrieved from clinical records. |
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