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cord-338006-z7j6qsjs	Ramos-Martínez, Antonio	Hospital-acquired infective endocarditis during Covid-19 pandemic	2020-07-30		.txt	text/plain	2333	123	43	Two patients died during hospital admission Conclusions The incidence of HAIE during COVID-19 pandemic in our institution was higher than usual. Hospital-acquired infective endocarditis (HAIE) is a severe complication of medical procedures that has shown a progressive increase in recent years (9) (10) (11) . Hospital-acquired infective endocarditis (HAIE) is a severe complication of medical procedures that has shown a progressive increase in recent years (9) (10) (11) . Our hospital has an endocarditis team composed of different specialists who actively seek out cases of IE by reviewing patients with fever (infectious disease department) and the information reported daily through microbiology (blood cultures) and cardiology (echocardiography findings). The incidence of HAIE per 1000 days of stay during the study period was 0.119 and during the months of March and April of the previous 5 years it was 0.0194 (p <0.001) According to Duke's criteria, the first 3 cases were classified as definite IE whereas the 4 th was classified as possible IE (Table 1) .	./cache/cord-338006-z7j6qsjs.txt	./txt/cord-338006-z7j6qsjs.txt