Characterization of Endocarditis to Streptococci and Impact of the CMI on the Future of the Patients

Characterization of Endocarditis to Streptococci and Impact of the CMI on the Future of the Patients

The infectious endocarditis is a grave infection the incidence of which is at present esteemed at 30-100 episodes by million inhabitants a year.

This infection is marked with a heavy morbi-mortality.Preliminary studies seem to show an abnormally high death rate at the patients presenting an infectious endocarditis to streptococci with an inhibitive minimal concentration raised to the amoxicilline. The aim of the study is to describe the epidemiology and the clinical presentations of the patients presenting an endocarditis to streptococci

Inclusion Criteria:

• age > 18 years
• endocartitis with steptococci with Duke's criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

• age < 18 years
• suspiscious endocarditis without Duke's criteria