TY  - JOUR
T1  - POpulation-based surveillance of infectious endocarditis in an italian region
AU  - Scudeller L, Badano L, Crapis M, Pagotto A, Viale P
Y1  - 2009/10/12
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.307
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1718
EP  - 1725
VL  - 169
IS  - 18
N2  - 
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

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.307
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.307
ER  -