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Due to an immunocompromised state, the need for invasive procedures, hypercoagulability and the presence of indwelling catheters, patients with cancer are particularly predisposed to the development of IE.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Limited information exists about IE in patients with cancer. We aimed to evaluate the characteristics of patients with cancer and IE at our tertiary care centre, including a comparison of the microorganisms implicated and their association with mortality.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective chart review of patients with cancer who had echocardiography for suspicion of endocarditis was conducted. 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Patients with\n                      <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                      endocarditis (SAE) had a significantly poorer survival when compared with patients without SAE (p=0.0217) over the 12-month period from diagnosis of endocarditis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall survival of patients with cancer and endocarditis is poor, with a worse outcome in patients with SAE.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/openhrt-2021-001664","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,3]],"date-time":"2021-08-03T12:46:09Z","timestamp":1627994769000},"page":"e001664","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Characteristics of infective endocarditis in a cancer 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