[Associated factors and descriptive analysis of healthcare-related infective endocarditis in a tertiary reference hospital].

Introduction And Objectives: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate associated factors, clinical features and prognosis of healthcare-related infective endocarditis cases compared with community-acquired and intravenous drug user-related episodes. Changes in the distribution of healthcare-related infective endocarditis were also analysed over time in our setting.

Methods: A prospective, observational, comparative study was performed.