Results
Including our case, we conducted a retrospective analysis
of 14 cases (Table 1).
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The mean age was 48 years old,
and 57% of patients were female. The NTS species were
dominant in 10 cases, which included a case of mural
endocarditis. Eight cases involved patients with recognized
cardiovascular diseases, but three cases involved patients
with no underlying medical disease. Nine patients (60%)
received cardiac surgery, and included seven cases of
prosthetic valve endocarditis. The overall mortality rate
was 13.3%.