TABLE 2.
Sites of IE infection
| Site of infection | No. (%) of patients treated with:
|
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI or II (overall) | CI (n = 78) | II (n = 29) | ||
| Left side | 37 (35) | 27 (35) | 10 (35) | 0.3 |
| Right side | 40 (37) | 29 (37) | 11 (38) | 0.4 |
| Both sides | 7 (7) | 3 (4) | 4 (14) | 1.0 |
| Nonea | 23 (21) | 19 (24) | 4 (14) | 0.06 |
a
Patients either did not demonstrate evidence of vegetation on the echocardiogram or did not receive an echocardiogram, having already met definitive IE criteria. The site of infection was determined by either a transthoracic echocardiogram or a transesophageal echocardiogram.