Status quo of diagnostic procedures and treatment of inpatients with infective endocarditis at the department of general medicine at a university hospital in a suburban city in Japan: a single-hospital-based retrospective study - Status quo of diagnostic procedures and treatment of inpatients with infective endocarditis at the department of general medicine

Seventy-four patients were included; 17 (23%) were admitted to the general medicine department. In the GM group, the percentage of patients diagnosed with definite or suspected IE was lower at preadmission. The GM group had higher percentages of patients with back or joint pain, pyogenic spondylitis, deep-seated abscesses, pyogenic arthritis and glomerulonephritis. Mortality within 30 days of admission to our hospital and overall in-hospital mortality did not significantly differ.