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Infective Endocarditis: Escalating Human and Health Care Burdens
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Vol. 95Issue 5p837–839Published in issue: May, 2020
- Larry M. Baddour
Cited in Scopus: 2
Infective endocarditis (IE) is uncommon and potentially lethal. These 2 observations are not mutually exclusive, and they bespeak the need for awareness of the possibility of the diagnosis of IE in relevant clinical settings. Because IE is rarely seen by the individual primary care clinician, IE is often overlooked as a cause of illness in favor of more common maladies, some of which are noninfectious in origin. Delays in diagnosis, initiation of appropriate antimicrobial therapy, and surgical intervention in cases in which indications exist can worsen prognosis.