Table 1 Microbial etiology and site of endocardial involvement in PWID with IE
From: Risk factors of infective endocarditis in persons who inject drugs
Endocarditis characteristics | |
|---|---|
Variable (%) | n= 33 |
Organism | |
 MSSA | 23 (69.7%) |
 MRSA | 5 (15.1%) |
 Enterococci | 2(6.0%) |
 Other | 3(9.1%) |
Infected valve | |
 Tricuspid | 24 (72.7%) |
 Pulmonic | 0 (0%) |
 Mitral | 6 (18.1%) |
 Aortic | 2 (6.0%) |
 Unknown | 1(3%) |