Short- and long-term outcomes in infective endocarditis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 2 Common pathogens involved in the pathogenesis of IEs

Pathogens/culture	Patients with pathogens	Total number of patients	Overall estimate, 95% CI	References
Culture positive	1320	2012	0.63(0.37–0.88)	[22, 24,25,26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 35,36,37,38]
Culture negative	1049	12,508	0.21(0.09–0.42)	[21, 22, 24,25,26, 31, 33, 35, 36, 38,39,40,41]
Staphylococcus aureus	2894	13,768	0.27(0.22–0.33)	[19, 21, 22, 24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33, 36,37,38,39,40,41]
Streptococcus aureus	2426	13,768	0.23(0.18–0.29)	[19, 21, 22, 24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33, 36,37,38,39,40,41]
Enterococci bacteria	313	2731	0.11(0.10–0.28)	[19, 21, 22, 24,25,26, 39, 41]
HACEK and others	628	11,936	0.10(0.10–0.11)	[19, 21, 22, 24,25,26,27,28,29, 31, 33, 36,37,38,39,40]

Abbreviation: HACEK Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, Kingella species

ISSN: 1471-2261