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From: Investigation of the impact of the NICE guidelines regarding antibiotic prophylaxis during invasive dental procedures on the incidence of infective endocarditis in England: an electronic health records study

Fig. 3

Causative organism based on secondary diagnosis codes in HES, using Criteria B (optimised for specificity/PPV). (For Criteria A and C, see Additional file 2: Figures S3–5). a Monthly infective endocarditis cases according to corresponding organism codes (in same consultant episode), along with overall proportion of cases with any organism coded. b Of infective endocarditis cases with an organism code present, proportion that were coded as streptococcal, staphylococcal, or other/unnamed, including mixtures. c Of infective endocarditis cases with an organism code present, proportion that were coded exclusively as streptococcal, staphylococcal or other/unnamed, or else with a mixture of codes

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