title: Repeat infective endocarditis: differentiating relapse from reinfection.
abstract: Repeat infective endocarditis due to the same species can represent relapse of the initial infection or a new infection. We used time-based clinical criteria and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-based molecular criteria to classify 13 cases of repeat infective endocarditis as either relapse or reinfection. The agreement between clinical and molecular criteria was imperfect (agreement in 10 [77%] of 13 cases).
authors: Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. chu00009@mc.duke.edu
authors: Vivian H
authors: VH
authors: Chu
authors: Daniel J
authors: DJ
authors: Sexton
authors: Christopher H
authors: CH
authors: Cabell
authors: L Barth
authors: LB
authors: Reller
authors: Paul A
authors: PA
authors: Pappas
authors: Rakesh K
authors: RK
authors: Singh
authors: Vance G
authors: VG
authors: Fowler
authors: G Ralph
authors: GR
authors: Corey
authors: Olcay
authors: O
authors: Aksoy
authors: Christopher W
authors: CW
authors: Woods
mesh_terms: D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012008:Recurrence; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis / Q000302:isolation & purification