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Table 3 Clinical characteristics and complications occurring in GBS IE cases

From: Streptococcus agalactiae infective endocarditis in Canada: a multicenter retrospective nested case control analysis

 

Cases

(N = 28)

Aortic valve

12 (50%)*

Mitral valve

5 (20.8%)*

Tricuspid valve

8 (33.3%)*

Valve perforation

4 (16.7%)*

Intracardiac abscess

3 (12.5%)*

Congestive heart failure

9 (32.1%)

Conduction disease

3 (10.7%)

Neurological complication

9 (32.1%)

Surgery

8 (28.6%)

  1. *Percentages for valves involved and valvular complications use a denominator of 24, as no echo was done for 4 patients (IE diagnosed without echocardiographic criteria). A single case had both mitral and tricuspid valve involvement
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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