Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare (30 cases / million / year in France) and serious (20 % of deaths during hospitalization) disease . Its epidemiological profile was considerably modified these last years.New predisposing factors appeared, due to increasing number of patients wearing valvular prosthetics. The purpose of this study is to realize in 2008 a new observational study on populational basis to describe and analyze the evolution of the epidemiology of IE in France, compared to previous studies conducted in 1991 and 1999.
It is a prospective observational study based on a population of 25 million inhabitants. The cases are recruited over a one year period, from January 1st till December 31st, 2008, in six regions of France (Rhône-Alpes, Paris et Petite Couronne, Lorraine, Franche-Comté, Marne, Languedoc-Roussillon) and in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine. The IE cases are declared by clinicians taking care of the patients, microbiologists and cardiac ultrasonographists.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
484
Mortality
Vital status
Time frame: 1 year
Frequency of antibiotic resistance by the germs (streptococci and staphylococci)
antibiotic treatments and outcome
Time frame: during the hospitalization, 1 year maximum
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