Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia, cardiac implantable electronic device, extraction, and the risk of recurrence.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In all patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) and Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia (EfsB), endocarditis (IE) and CIED infection should be suspected. Guidelines recommend extraction of the CIED when CIED infection or IE is diagnosed. Whether extraction of the CIED should be done in other situations with EfsB is not known. We aimed to describe the management and outcome of patients with CIED and monomicrobial EfsB, in relation to extraction and recurrent EfsB.

Methods

A population-based cohort of patients with monomicrobial EfsB from January 2014 to November 2020 was identified through microbiology registers in the Region Skåne, Sweden. Data on CIED and other clinical features were collected from medical records.

Results

Among 1087 episodes

SUBMITTER: Berge A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9705423 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature