From: Infective endocarditis at a tertiary-care hospital in China
Causative pathogen | Total (n = 381) | Community acquired (n = 333) | Non-nosocomial I (n = 25) | Nosocomial (n = 23) | P |
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Gram-positive bacteria | |||||
Viridans group streptococci | 143 (37.5%) | 134 (40.2%) | 8 (32%) | 1 (4.3%) | 0.002 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 30 (7.9%) | 21 (6.3%) | 5 (20%) | 4 (17.3%) | 0.011 |
MRSA | 10 (2.6%) | 8 (2.4%) | 1 (4%) | 1 (4.3%) | 0.772 |
MSSA | 20 (5.2%) | 13 (3.9%) | 4 (16%) | 3 (13.0%) | 0.007 |
CNS | 12 (3.1%) | 8 (2.4%) | 2 (8%) | 2 (8.7%) | 0.088 |
Enterococcus faecalis | 11 (2.9%) | 8 (2.4%) | 3 (12%) | 0 (0%) | 0.015 |
Streptococcus bovis | 6 (1.6%) | 6 (1.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.644 |
Other | 16 (4.2%) | 14 (4.2%) | 2 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 0.386 |
Gram-negative rods | 21 (5.5%) | 16 (4.8%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (21.7%) | 0.001 |
HAECK | 12 (3.1%) | 11 (3.3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.3%) | 0.623 |
Rickettsia | 4 (1.0%) | 4 (1.2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.747 |
TB | 1 (0.26%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.930 |
Fungi | 6 (1.6%) | 3 (0.9%) | 1 (4%) | 2 (8.7%) | 0.009 |
Others | 12 (3.1%) | 12 (3.6%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.409 |
Polymicrobial | 10 (2.6%) | 7 (2.1%) | 2 (8%) | 1 (4.3%) | 0.178 |
Culture negative | 97 (25.5%) | 88 (26.4%) | 2 (8%) | 7 (30.4%) | 0.106 |