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Luigia Scudeller, MD, MScEpid; Luigi Badano, MD; Massimo Crapis, MD; Alberto Pagotto, MD; Pierluigi Viale, MD

Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(18):1720-1723.

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In a recent article, Murdoch and coworkers¹ report on a prospective cohort of 2781 adults with definite infectious endocarditis (IE), admitted to 58 hospitals in 25 countries from June 1, 2000, through September 1, 2005. As they acknowledge, one major limitation of the study is the "catchment area" of enrolled patients, namely centers with a particular interest in IE, typically referral centers with cardiac surgical programs. Admittedly, the study population was unlikely to be a true population-based sample, thereby limiting epidemiologic inferences. This is a common issue in most literature regarding IE.²

Based on this concern, in 2004, we started a continuous surveillance of all cases of IE in our region, Friuli-Venezia Giulia (FVG) (population 1 200 000) in Italy.³ We report herein the methods used and preliminary results.

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All 29 clinical centers potentially admitting cases . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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