Background:Previous reports have highlighted the high prevalence of blood culture negative endocarditis (BCNE) in South Africa.
Methods:The Tygerberg Endocarditis cohort (TEC) study is a prospective cohort study of patients with con rmed or suspected IE presenting to Tygerberg Academic Hospital,
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