Infective Endocarditis Related to Unusual Microorganisms: A Prospective Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increased access to heart valves through early surgery and progress in molecular microbiology have reduced the proportion of infective endocarditis (IE) with no microbiological documentation and increased the proportion of IE associated with unusual microorganisms.

Methods

We performed an ancillary study of a large prospective population-based survey on IE. Unusual-microorganism IE was defined as definite IE (Duke-Li criteria) due to microorganisms other than streptococci, staphylococci, or enterococci.

Results

Of 471 cases of documented IE, 46 (9.8%) were due to unusal microorganisms; the following were involved in >1 case: Candida albicans (n = 4), Cutibacterium acnes (n = 4), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 3), Cardiobacterium hominis

SUBMITTER: Limonta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7216922 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature