[Bacterial endocarditis in an infectious diseases department: our experience]

The infective endocarditis remains a serious disease. The microbiologic, immunologic and technologic researches have contributed to the diagnosis and cure of the disease. The Authors report the results on ten cases of infective endocarditis that came to their observation in the last five years. They emphasize the more important epidemiologic aspects, the role of the laboratory and instrumental results to define an early diagnosis and the best results about of the therapies used