@article{b3f955277de4432e974eec1ec2d6c09f,
title = "Native valve endocarditis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci: Report of 99 episodes from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database",
abstract = "Using a large cohort of patients from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database, we compared coagulase-negative staphylococcal (CoNS) native-valve endocarditis (NVE) to NVE caused by more common pathogens. Rates of heart failure and mortality were similar between patients with CoNS NVE and patients with Staphylococcus aureus NVE, but rates for both groups were significantly higher than rates for patients with NVE due to viridans streptococci. These results emphasize the importance of CoNS as a cause of NVE and the potential for serious complications with this infection.",
author = "Chu, {Vivian H.} and Cabell, {Christopher H.} and Elias Abrutyn and Corey, {G. Ralph} and Bruno Hoen and Miro, {Jose M.} and Lars Olaison and Stryjewski, {Martin E.} and Paul Pappas and Anstrom, {Kevin J.} and Susannah Eykyn and Gilbert Habib and Natividad Benito and Fowler, {Vance G.}",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support. This study was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (grants R01AI59111 [to V.G.F.] and HL70861 [to C.H.C.]), the Tenet Healthcare Foundation (to E.A.), the “Red Espa{\~n}ola de Investigaci{\'o}n en Patolog{\'i}a Infecciosa (V-2003-REDC14A-O)” (to J.M.M.); the Fundaci{\'o}n Privada M{\'a}ximo Soriano Jim{\'e}nez (to J.M.M.); and a Research Grant from the Institut d{\textquoteright}Investigacions Biom{\`e}diques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona (to J.M.M.). Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No conflict. Copyright: Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2004",
month = nov,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1086/424878",
language = "English",
volume = "39",
pages = "1527--1530",
number = "10",
}
