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There were more zoonotic infections among Thai than France patients (6 and 1 cases; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.017) and fewer staphylococcal infections (4 versus 15 cases; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.011). Underlying rheumatic heart disease was more prevalent in Thai than in French patients (31% and 4%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.001), whereas prosthetic heart valves were less prevalent (9% and 35%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.001). Our data strengthen previous observations that IE in the tropics has distinctive demographic characteristics, risk factors, and etiologies and underscore the need for improved prevention and control strategies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.14-0689","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,2,3]],"date-time":"2015-02-03T02:58:31Z","timestamp":1422932311000},"page":"871-874","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Prospective Comparison of Infective Endocarditis in Khon Kaen, Thailand and Rennes, France"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"92","author":[{"given":"George","family":"Watt","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adele","family":"Lacroix","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Orathai","family":"Pachirat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Henry C.","family":"Baggett","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Didier","family":"Raoult","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pierre-Edouard","family":"Fournier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pierre","family":"Tattevin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"R1","series-title":"Lancet","first-page":"965","article-title":"Management of infective endocarditis: challenges and perspectives","volume":"379","author":"Thuny","year":"2012"},{"key":"R2","series-title":"Heart","first-page":"1510","article-title":"Epidemiology and prevention of valvular heart diseases and infective endocarditis in Africa","volume":"93","author":"Nkomo","year":"2007"},{"key":"R3","series-title":"Clin Epidemiol","first-page":"67","article-title":"The worldwide epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease","volume":"3","author":"Seckeler","year":"2011"},{"key":"R4","series-title":"Emerg Infect Dis","first-page":"1168","article-title":"Bartonella quintana and Coxiella burnetii as causes of endocarditis, India","volume":"14","author":"Balakrishnan","year":"2008"},{"key":"R5","series-title":"Emerg Infect Dis","first-page":"216","article-title":"Bacterial zoonoses and infective endocarditis, Algeria","volume":"11","author":"Benslimani","year":"2005"},{"key":"R6","series-title":"Int J Infect Dis","first-page":"e65","article-title":"Bartonella and Coxiella infective endocarditis in Brazil: molecular evidence from excised valves from a cardiac surgery referral center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998 to 2009","volume":"17","author":"Lamas","year":"2013"},{"key":"R7","series-title":"Arch Intern Med","first-page":"463","article-title":"Clinical presentation, etiology, and outcome of infective endocarditis in the 21st century: the International Collaboration on Endocarditis \u2013 Prospective Cohort Study","volume":"169","author":"Murdoch","year":"2009"},{"key":"R8","series-title":"Clin Infect Dis","first-page":"1230","article-title":"Preeminence of Staphylococcus aureus in infective endocarditis: a 1-year population-based survey","volume":"54","author":"Selton-Suty","year":"2012"},{"key":"R9","series-title":"Intern Med J","first-page":"1303","article-title":"Underlying heart disease and microbiological spectrum of adult infective endocarditis in one Chinese university hospital: a 10-year retrospective study","volume":"43","author":"Ma","year":"2013"},{"key":"R10","series-title":"Infect Dis Rep","first-page":"44","article-title":"The first reported case of Bartonella endocarditis in Thailand","volume":"3","author":"Orathai","year":"2011"},{"key":"R11","series-title":"World Bank Online Data Catalog","author":"World Bank","year":"2014"},{"key":"R12","series-title":"Clin Infect Dis","first-page":"633","article-title":"Proposed modifications to the Duke criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis","volume":"30","author":"Li","year":"2000"},{"key":"R13","series-title":"Clin Infect Dis","first-page":"131","article-title":"Comprehensive diagnostic strategy for blood culture-negative endocarditis: a prospective study of 819 new cases","volume":"51","author":"Fournier","year":"2010"},{"key":"R14","series-title":"Medicine (Baltimore)","first-page":"162","article-title":"Blood culture-negative endocarditis in a reference center. 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