[Survey of infective endocarditis in the last 10 years: analysis of clinical, microbiological and therapeutic features].

Infective endocarditis still presents problems with early diagnosis, selection of antibiotics and timing of surgical procedure despite modern antibiotics and investigative procedures. A retrospective study was performed to clarify the clinical and microbiological spectrum of recent infective endocarditis in the Japanese population in 38 patients with infective endocarditis (mean age 42.7 +/- 12.5 years) treated from March 1986 to March 1996. The...