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Global Trends in Infective Endocarditis Epidemiology

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The global epidemiology of infective endocarditis is becoming better understood with the initiation of multi-center collaborative studies and with an increasing number of case series being reported from countries outside North America and Europe. However, there are still many knowledge gaps and a lack of population-based data. For endocarditis in developed countries, the role of rheumatic heart disease as a predisposing factor is diminishing; the population is increasingly elderly, staphylococci are becoming much more important pathogens, and proportionally more are healthcare-associated. In developing countries, the epidemiology of infective endocarditis remains similar to North America and Europe from the middle of the twentieth century, affecting a younger age group, is often associated with rheumatic heart disease, and is predominantly caused by streptococci.

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Haur Sen Yew

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 4345, Christchurch, New Zealand

    David R. Murdoch

  3. Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand

    David R. Murdoch

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Yew, H.S., Murdoch, D.R. Global Trends in Infective Endocarditis Epidemiology. Curr Infect Dis Rep 14, 367–372 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-012-0265-5

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