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

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Organism</td><td class="align_center">Number of patients (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Staphylococcus aureus</i></td><td class="align_center">4 (23.5)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Enterococcus faecium</i></td><td class="align_center">2 (11.8)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Enterococcus faecalis</i></td><td class="align_center">1 (5.9)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i></td><td class="align_center">1 (5.9)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis</i></td><td class="align_center">1 (5.9)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">No growth on culture</td><td class="align_center">8 (47)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Microorganisms isolated from blood cultures in IE patients (<i>n</i> = 17).</div>

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

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Table 3: Microbiological and Clinicoepidemiological Profile of a Series of Patients with Infective Endocarditis at a Center in Eastern Nepal 