title: Blood culture and echocardiography in diagnosis of infective endocarditis: microbiological and clinical observations.
abstract: Short retrospective review of 77 cases of bacterial endocarditis, observed in the 1980-84 period, and diagnosed by means of echography and blood culture. Alfa haemolytic streptococcus strains were isolated (47.6% of 42 isolated strains) followed by Staphylococcus aureus (16.7%) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (11.9%). Positive bloodculture were more frequent in the patients with valvular prosthesis. The results are analysed and some comments are done.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000032:analysis; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies