title: [Morbimortality of acute endocarditis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Streptococcus agalactiae is an uncommon cause of acute endocarditis. It is more likely to occur in people with underlying diseases and usually evolves poorly.
  
  
  METHODS
  We have conducted a retrospective study comparing the clinical features of Streptococcus agalactiae acute endocarditis attended in our Hospital during the last twelve years with the ones caused by other microorganisms; we have analized as dependent variables the vegetation size, surgery needing, complications, time of hospitalisation and global mortality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the cases by SGB had a great vegetation size, all needed surgery in its management with long hospitalisation periods, and the mortility was of 40%; everything was higher than other microorganism's endocarditis. CONCLUSION. Streptococcus agalactiae acute endocarditis is a serious disease which requires early surgery in its management. Its mortality rate, complications and hospitalisation time are high.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Cardiología y Medicina Interna. Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves. Granada. España. jimenez.jaimez@gmail.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Jaimez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Hernández
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Castro-Arias
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hidalgo-Tenorio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Alonso
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae