Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate in-hospital mortality and 12-month mortality in patients with coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) compared to Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infective endocarditis (IE). We used a prospective cohort study of 66 consecutive CoNS and 170 S. aureus IE patients, collected at 2 tertiary university hospitals in Copenhagen (Denmark) and at 1 tertiary university hospital in Gothenburg (Sweden). Median (range) C-reactive protein at admission was higher in patients with S. aureus IE (150 mg/l (1-521) vs 94 mg/l (6-303); p
| Original language | English |
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| Book series | Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Supplementum |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 6-7 |
| Pages (from-to) | 456-61 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISSN | 0300-8878 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2009 |
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