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Table 1 Mortality rates associated with monomicrobial and polymicrobial endotipsitis

Microbial agent	Reported cases	Mortality rate, %
Enterococcus (faecalis, faecium)	14	21
Staphylococcus (aureus, epidermidis)	9	44
Escherichia coli	7	43
Candida (glabrata, albicans)	7	57
Lactobacillus (rhamnosus, acidophilus)	3	67
Streptococcus (sanguis, bovis)	2	0
Gemella morbillorum	2	0
Klebsiella (pneumonia, oxytoca)	3	33
Serratia marcescens	1	0
Enterobacter cloacae	1	0
Salmonella typhi	1	0
polymicrobial infection	9	50
total	59	39

Adapted from Alberto Garcia-Zamalloa.