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. 2012 Feb 27;172(4):363-5.
doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1027.

Increasing US rates of endocarditis with Staphylococcus aureus: 1999-2008

Jerome J Federspiel, Sally C Stearns, Amanda F Peppercorn, Vivian H Chu, Vance G Fowler Jr

Increasing US rates of endocarditis with Staphylococcus aureus: 1999-2008

Jerome J Federspiel et al. Arch Intern Med. .
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(A) Temporal trend in the total rate of bacterial infective endocarditis-associated hospitalizations in the United States: 1999–2008; (B) Covariate-adjusted in-hospital mortality ** Significantly different from streptococci/enterococci at 0.1% level.
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