Research Article

Microbiological and Clinicoepidemiological Profile of a Series of Patients with Infective Endocarditis at a Center in Eastern Nepal

Table 2

Size and site of vegetation detected by echocardiography in IE patients (n = 17).

VariablesNumber (%)

Size of vegetation
Size of ≥10 mm9 (52.9)
Size of ≥20 mm1 (5.9)
Mobile vegetation5 (29.4)
No vegetation2 (11.8)

Site of vegetation
Aortic valve6 (35.3)
Mitral valve3 (17.6)
Tricuspid valve3 (17.6)
Aortic + mitral valves2 (11.8)
Pulmonary valve1 (5.9)
No vegetation2 (11.8)