We read with great interest the paper by Pericas et al. ([1][1]) on enterococcal infective endocarditis (EIE) in a recent issue of the Journal , and we completely agree that quality data from large studies is lacking (but necessary). Infective endocarditis (IE) is an uncommon and severe disease,

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感染性心内膜炎对质量和无偏见数据的需求

我们饶有兴趣地阅读了 Pericas 等人的论文。([1][1]) 关于肠球菌感染性心内膜炎 (EIE) 的最新一期杂志，我们完全同意缺乏（但必要）来自大型研究的高质量数据。感染性心内膜炎 (IE) 是一种罕见且严重的疾病，