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. 2021 Mar;27(3):703–709. doi: 10.3201/eid2703.203022

Table 4. Complications and mortality rates among pediatric infective endocarditis case-patients, Israel, 1994–2019*.

Complication No. (%)
p value
Kingella IE Non-Kingella IE
Surgical intervention 8 (42) 15 (37) 0.958
Urgent surgical intervention† 4 (8) 4 (15) 0.07
Congestive heart failure 7 (37) 7 (17) 0.192
Valvular impairment 11 (58) 15 (37) 0.233
Central nervous system involvement 4 (21) 8 (20) 1
Intrahospital death 0 (0) 6 (17) 0.131

*IE, infective endocarditis.
†<10 days after diagnosis.