RT Journal Article
T1 Infective endocarditis in patients with cancer: a consequence of invasive procedures or a harbinger of neoplasm?: A prospective, multicenter cohort.
A1 Fernández-Cruz, Ana
A1 Muñoz, Patricia
A1 Sandoval, Carmen
A1 Fariñas, Carmen
A1 Gutiérrez-Cuadra, Manuel
A1 Pericás Pulido, Juan M
A1 Miró, José M
A1 Goenaga-Sánchez, Miguel Á
A1 de Alarcón, Arístides
A1 Bonache-Bernal, Francisco
A1 Rodríguez, MªÁngeles
A1 Noureddine, Mariam
A1 Bouza Santiago, Emilio
A1 Spanish Collaboration on Endocarditis (GAMES), 
AB The aim of the study was to draw a comparison between the characteristics of infective endocarditis (IE) in patients with cancer and those of IE in noncancer patients.Patients with IE, according to the modified Duke criteria, were prospectively included in the GAMES registry between January 2008 and February 2014 in 30 hospitals. Patients with active cancer were compared with noncancer patients.During the study period, 161 episodes of IE fulfilled the inclusion criteria. We studied 2 populations: patients whose cancer was diagnosed before IE (73.9%) and those whose cancer and IE were diagnosed simultaneously (26.1%). The latter more frequently had community-acquired IE (67.5% vs 26.4%, P 
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11596
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