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Thoresen T, Jordal S, Lie SA, Wünsche F, Jacobsen MR, Lund B. Infective endocarditis: association between origin of causing bacteria and findings during oral infection screening. BMC Oral Health 2022; 22:491. [PMCID: PMC9664784 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-022-02509-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background
Oral streptococci represent the causing microorganism for infective endocarditis (IE) in many patients. The impact of oral infections is questioned, and it has been suggested that bacteraemia due to daily routines may play a bigger part in the aetiology of IE. The aim of this study was to examine the association between oral health and infective endocarditis caused by oral bacteria in comparison with bacteria of other origin than the oral cavity.
Methods
A retrospective study was conducted at Haukeland University Hospital from 2006- 2015. All consecutive adult patients admitted to hospital for treatment of IE and subjected to an oral focus screening including orthopantomogram, were included. The clinical, radiological and laboratory characteristics of the patients, collected during oral infectious focus screening, were analysed. Patient survival was calculated using Kaplan–Meier and mortality rates were compared using Cox-regression.
Results
A total of 208 patients were included, 77% (n = 161) male patients and 23% (n = 47) female, mean age was 58 years. A total of 67 (32%) had IE caused by viridans streptococci. No statistically significant correlation could be found between signs of oral infection and IE caused by viridans streptococci. The overall mortality at 30 days was 4.3% (95% CI: 1.6–7.0). There was no statistical difference in mortality between IE caused by viridans streptococci or S. aureus (HRR = 1.16, 95% CI: 0.57–2.37, p = 0.680).
Conclusion
The study indicates that the association between origin of the IE causing bacteria and findings during oral infection screening might be uncertain and may suggest that the benefit of screening and elimination of oral infections in patients admitted with IE might be overestimated. However, the results should be interpreted with caution and further studies are needed before any definite conclusions can be drawn.
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Lerche CJ, Schwartz F, Theut M, Fosbøl EL, Iversen K, Bundgaard H, Høiby N, Moser C. Anti-biofilm Approach in Infective Endocarditis Exposes New Treatment Strategies for Improved Outcome. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:643335. [PMID: 34222225 PMCID: PMC8249808 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.643335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening infective disease with increasing incidence worldwide. From early on, in the antibiotic era, it was recognized that high-dose and long-term antibiotic therapy was correlated to improved outcome. In addition, for several of the common microbial IE etiologies, the use of combination antibiotic therapy further improves outcome. IE vegetations on affected heart valves from patients and experimental animal models resemble biofilm infections. Besides the recalcitrant nature of IE, the microorganisms often present in an aggregated form, and gradients of bacterial activity in the vegetations can be observed. Even after appropriate antibiotic therapy, such microbial formations can often be identified in surgically removed, infected heart valves. Therefore, persistent or recurrent cases of IE, after apparent initial infection control, can be related to biofilm formation in the heart valve vegetations. On this background, the present review will describe potentially novel non-antibiotic, antimicrobial approaches in IE, with special focus on anti-thrombotic strategies and hyperbaric oxygen therapy targeting the biofilm formation of the infected heart valves caused by Staphylococcus aureus. The format is translational from preclinical models to actual clinical treatment strategies.
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- Christian Johann Lerche
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Propionibacterium species: a national registry-based study of 51 Swedish cases. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2018; 37:765-771. [PMID: 29380224 PMCID: PMC5978902 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-017-3172-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Propionibacterium spp. are a rare cause of infective endocarditis (IE). The diagnosis is difficult because the bacteria are slow-growing and growth in blood cultures is often misinterpreted as contamination from the skin flora. The aim of this study was to describe all cases of Propionibacterium spp. endocarditis in the Swedish national registry of IE. The registry was searched for all cases of IE from 1995 to 2016 caused by Propionibacterium spp. Data concerning clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcome were registered. A total of 51 episodes of definitive prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) caused by Propionibacterium spp. were identified, comprising 8% of cases of PVE during the study period. Almost all cases (n = 50) were male. The median time from surgery to diagnosis of IE was 3 years. Most patients were treated mainly with beta-lactams, partly in combination with aminoglycosides. Benzyl-penicillin was the most frequently used beta-lactam. A total of 32 patients (63%) underwent surgery. Overall, 47 patients (92.1%) were cured, 3 (5.9%) suffered relapse, and 1 (2.0%) died during treatment. IE caused by Propionibacterium spp. almost exclusively affects men with a prosthetic valve and findings of Propionibacterium spp. in blood cultures in such patients favors suspicion of a possible diagnosis of IE. In patients with prosthetic valves, prolonged incubation of blood cultures up to 14 days is recommended. The prognosis was favorable, although a majority of patients required cardiac surgery during treatment. Benzyl-penicillin should be the first-line antibiotic treatment option for IE caused by Propionibacterium spp.
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Nam KY, Lee SJ, Kim JY. Systemic Moxifloxacin in Streptococcus viridans Endophthalmitis. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2017; 27:155-161. [DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2017.1353103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Ki Yup Nam
- Department of Ophthalmology, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
- Institute for Medicine, Kosin University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Mayers DL, Sobel JD, Ouellette M, Kaye KS, Marchaim D. Antibiotic Resistance of Non-pneumococcal Streptococci and Its Clinical Impact. ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE 2017. [PMCID: PMC7123568 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47266-9_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The taxonomy of streptococci has undergone major changes during the last two decades. The present classification is based on both phenotypic and genotypic data. Phylogenetic classification of streptococci is based on 16S rRNA sequences [1], and it forms the backbone of the overall classification system of streptococci. Phenotypic properties are also important, especially for clinical microbiologists. The type of hemolysis on blood agar, reaction with Lancefield grouping antisera, resistance to optochin, and bile solubility remain important for grouping of clinical Streptococcus isolates and therefore treatment options [2]. In the following chapter, two phenotypic classification groups, viridans group streptococci (VGS) and beta-hemolytic streptococci, will be discussed.
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- Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan USA
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- Canada Research Chair in Antimicrobial Resistance, Centre de recherche en Infectiologie, University of Laval, Quebec City, Canada
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
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- Infection Control and Prevention Unit of Infectious Diseases, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Olmos C, Vilacosta I, López J, Sarriá C, Ferrera C, San Román JA. Actualización en endocarditis protésica. CIRUGIA CARDIOVASCULAR 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.circv.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Malhotra A, Prendergast BD. Evaluating treatment options for patients with infective endocarditis: when is it the right time for surgery? Future Cardiol 2012; 8:847-61. [DOI: 10.2217/fca.12.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Infective endocarditis remains a life-threatening condition with an unchanging incidence and mortality of nearly 30% at 1 year. Surgery is required in 25–50% of acute infections and 20–40% of patients during convalescence. Operative procedures are often technically challenging and high-risk, often due to coexistent multisystem disease. However, international guidelines provide clear indications for surgical intervention, which are applicable for the majority of patients. These are not, however, supported by particularly robust clinical evidence and decision-making often needs to be tailored to the advancing age of the overall patient cohort, the presence of multisystem disease, comorbidities, prior antibiotic therapy of varying duration and the availability of surgical expertise. Native valve endocarditis will be the initial focus of this article, along with subgroups including prosthetic valve endocarditis. We present the treatment options for patients with infective endocarditis, evaluate the evidence-base that supports current clinical practice and attempt to provide an insight and subsequent recommendations for the timing of surgery.
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- Aneil Malhotra
- Department of Cardiology, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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PURPOSE To determine the rate of postinjection endophthalmitis and compare microbial etiology and outcomes in office-based injection-related endophthalmitis versus those acquired after operating room procedures. METHODS Retrospective, observational case series. Consecutive cases of endophthalmitis seen at Retina Consultants of Houston between July 2000 and July 2010 were classified as postsurgical or post-intravitreal injection. Cases secondary to glaucoma surgery, trauma, and endogenous sources were excluded. Main study measures were incidence of endophthalmitis, microbiology results, and visual outcomes. RESULTS In all, 109 cases of endophthalmitis were identified: 88 postsurgical and 21 post-intravitreal injection (3 from clinical trials and 5 from outside ophthalmologists). A total of 33,580 intravitreal injections were performed at Retina Consultants of Houston (endophthalmitis rate = 0.04%, 13 of 33,580; 95% confidence interval, 0.02-0.07%). The most common organisms isolated overall were coagulase-negative staphylococci, while viridans streptococci, a component of human oral flora, was identified over three times more often in the postinjection group compared with the postsurgical group. Compared with all other culture-positive cases related to intravitreal injection, postinjection endophthalmitis secondary to viridans streptococci presented much more rapidly (P < 0.001) and final visual outcomes were much worse (P = 0.004) CONCLUSION Although the overall risk of postinjection endophthalmitis is low, viridans streptococci were identified over three times more frequently in postinjection cases compared with postsurgical cases and these cases had much worse clinical outcomes. The office-based setting for intravitreal injections may lead to a higher risk for infection from oral pathogens.
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Hällgren A, Lindqvist M. Enterococcal endocarditis among intravenous drug users: report of a cluster of cases, possibly caused by contaminated amphetamine. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2011; 43:395-8. [PMID: 21231810 DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2010.546367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Anita Hällgren
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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Rasmussen RV, Snygg-Martin U, Olaison L, Andersson R, Buchholtz K, Larsen CT, Hansen TF, Køber L, Hassager C, Bruun NE. One-year mortality in coagulase-negative Staphylococcus and Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 41:456-61. [DOI: 10.1080/00365540902896061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Antibiotic Resistance of Non-Pneumococcal Streptococci and Its Clinical Impact. ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE 2009. [PMCID: PMC7122742 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-595-8_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Viridans streptococci (VGS) form a phylogenetically heterogeneous group of species belonging to the genus Streptococcus (1). However, they have some common phenotypic properties. They are alfa- or non-haemolytic. They can be differentiated from S. pneumoniae by resistance to optochin and the lack of bile solubility (2). They can be differentiated from the Enterococcus species by their inability to grow in a medium containing 6.5% sodium chloride (2). Earlier, so-called nutritionally variant streptococci were included in the VGS but based on the molecular data they have now been removed to a new genus Abiotrophia (3) and are not included in the discussion below. VGS belong to the normal microbiota of the oral cavities and upper respiratory tracts of humans and animals. They can also be isolated from the female genital tract and all regions of the gastrointestinal tract (2, 3). Several species are included in VGS and are listed elsewhere (2, 3). Clinically the most important species belonging to the VGS are S. mitis, S. sanguis and S. oralis.
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Lang S. Getting to the heart of the problem: serological and molecular techniques in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis. Future Microbiol 2008; 3:341-9. [DOI: 10.2217/17460913.3.3.341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Infective endocarditis is diagnosed using the Duke criteria, which rely predominantly on cardiac imaging and recovery of a causative organism from the bloodstream. These criteria can be inconclusive, particularly when blood cultures remain sterile either due to the fastidious nature of the infecting organism or prior antibiotic therapy. Serology and, more recently, molecular techniques have been investigated as a solution to the problematic negative blood culture. The detection of elevated antibody levels has proved particularly useful in the diagnosis of those patients infected with organisms that cannot be cultured using standard laboratory methods, whilst molecular methods have been successfully used in the detection of both fastidious pathogens and those inhibited by prior antibiotic therapy. In view of recent and ongoing developments in the field of molecular diagnostics, these techniques will become increasingly important not only in the routine investigation of infectious disease, but specifically the diagnosis of endocarditis.
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- Sue Lang
- Glasgow Caledonian University, Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, G4 0BA, UK
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Dzudie A, Mercusot A, de Gevigney G, Delahaye F. [Timing and indications for surgical intervention in infective endocarditis]. Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) 2008; 57:93-7. [PMID: 18402927 DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2008.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2008] [Accepted: 02/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This paper reviews current knowledge on the indications for and timing of cardiac surgery in patients with infective endocarditis. The main indications for surgery are haemodynamic compromise, persisting infection, peripheral embolisation, large size of vegetations, large valvular and paravalvular damage and infections caused by certain microorganisms.
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- Service cardiologique, hôpital Louis-Pradel, 28, avenue du Doyen-Lépine, 69677 Bron cedex, France
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Westling K, Aufwerber E, Ekdahl C, Friman G, Gårdlund B, Julander I, Olaison L, Olesund C, Rundström H, Snygg-Martin U, Thalme A, Werner M, Hogevik H. Swedish guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2008; 39:929-46. [PMID: 18027277 DOI: 10.1080/00365540701534517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Swedish guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis (IE) by consensus of experts are based on clinical experience and reports from the literature. Recommendations are evidence based. For diagnosis 3 blood cultures should be drawn; chest X-ray, electrocardiogram, and echocardiography preferably transoesophageal should be carried out. Blood cultures should be kept for 5 d and precede intravenous antibiotic therapy. In patients with native valves and suspicion of staphylococcal aetiology, cloxacillin and gentamicin should be given as empirical treatment. If non-staphylococcal etiology is most probable, penicillin G and gentamicin treatment should be started. In patients with prosthetic valves treatment with vancomycin, gentamicin and rifampicin is recommended. Patients with blood culture negative IE are recommended penicillin G (changed to cefuroxime in treatment failure) and gentamicin for native valve IE and vancomycin, gentamicin and rifampicin for prosthetic valve IE, respectively. Isolates of viridans group streptococci and enterococci should be subtyped and MIC should be determined for penicillin G and aminoglycosides. Antibiotic treatment should be chosen according to sensitivity pattern given 2-6 weeks intravenously. Cardiac valve surgery should be considered early, especially in patients with left-sided IE and/or prosthetic heart valves. Absolute indications for surgery are severe heart failure, paravalvular abscess, lack of response to antibiotic therapy, unstable prosthesis and multiple embolies. Follow-up echocardiography should be performed on clinical indications.
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- Katarina Westling
- Infective Endocarditis Working Group, Swedish Society of Infectious Diseases, Sweden.
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VOLDSTEDLUND MARIANNE, PEDERSEN LISBETHNØRUM, BAANDRUP ULRIK, KLAABORG KAJERIK, FUURSTED KURT. Broad-range PCR and sequencing in routine diagnosis of infective endocarditis. APMIS 2008; 116:190-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.00942.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Antibiotics are an essential part of modern medicine. The emergence of antibiotic-resistant mutants among bacteria is seemingly inevitable, and results, within a few decades, in decreased efficacy and withdrawal of the antibiotic from widespread usage. The traditional answer to this problem has been to introduce new antibiotics that kill the resistant mutants. Unfortunately, after more than 50 years of success, the pharmaceutical industry is now producing too few antibiotics, particularly against Gram-negative organisms, to replace antibiotics that are no longer effective for many types of infection. This paper reviews possible new ways to discover novel antibiotics. The genomics route has proven to be target rich, but has not led to the introduction of a marketed antibiotic as yet. Non-culturable bacteria may be an alternative source of new antibiotics. Bacteriophages have been shown to be antibacterial in animals, and may find use in specific infectious diseases. Developing new antibiotics that target non-multiplying bacteria is another approach that may lead to drugs that reduce the emergence of antibiotic resistance and increase patient compliance by shortening the duration of antibiotic therapy. These new discovery routes have given rise to compounds that are in preclinical development, but, with one exception, have not yet entered clinical trials. For the time being, the majority of new antibiotics that reach the marketplace are likely to be structural analogues of existing families of antibiotics or new compounds, both natural and non-natural which are screened in a conventional way against live multiplying bacteria.
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Cicalini S, Puro V, Angeletti C, Chinello P, Macrì G, Petrosillo N. Profile of infective endocarditis in a referral hospital over the last 24 years. J Infect 2007; 52:140-6. [PMID: 16442439 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2004] [Accepted: 02/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe changes in demographic, clinical and micro-biological characteristics of infective endocarditis (IE), and to assess factors associated with an increased risk of death. METHODS Episodes fulfilling the Duke criteria for definite IE were included. Data collected in 1980-1991, and 1992-2003 from IVDU and non-IVDU patients' records were collected, and changes within each group and between the groups analysed. RESULTS There were 169 episodes of IE in IVDUs, and 114 in non-IVDUs. HIV-infected patients were 86 (82 IVDUs). Site of involvement, need for surgery, and case fatality rate (15.6% among IVDUs and 11.3% non-IVDUs) did not change in both groups over time. Staphylococci and streptococci were the most commonly isolated organisms among IVDUs and non-IVDU, respectively; independent predictors of mortality among IVDUs were negative blood cultures [adjusted OR (AOR) 7.85], and fungal etiology (AOR 21.33). Among non-IVDUs prosthetic heart valves had an AOR of 2.22 (95% CI 0.48-10.21); the proportion of negative blood cultures significantly increased. An higher case-fatality rate was observed among HIV-positive patients (AOR 2.64 95% CI 0.85-8.20). CONCLUSIONS Late diagnosis and lack of etiological definition continue to represent the most important obstacles to an effective management of IE, suggesting the need for a wider use of molecular techniques in patients with suspected IE.
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- Stefania Cicalini
- Second Infectious Disease Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, IRCCS, Via Portuense 292, 00149 Rome, Italy.
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Prevention and Treatment of Endocarditis. Cardiovasc Ther 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4160-3358-5.50050-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Heiro M, Helenius H, Mäkilä S, Hohenthal U, Savunen T, Engblom E, Nikoskelainen J, Kotilainen P. Infective endocarditis in a Finnish teaching hospital: a study on 326 episodes treated during 1980-2004. Heart 2006; 92:1457-62. [PMID: 16644858 PMCID: PMC1861063 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.084715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate potential changes of infective endocarditis (IE) in patients treated in a Finnish teaching hospital during the past 25 years. PATIENTS 326 episodes of IE in 303 patients treated during 1980-2004 were evaluated for clinical characteristics and their changes over time. RESULTS The mean age of the patients increased with time (from 47.2 to 54.5 years, p = 0.003). Twenty-five (7.7%) episodes were associated with intravenous drug use (IVDU), with a significant increase of these episodes after 1996 (from 0 to 19 (20%), p < 0.001). Viridans streptococci were the most common causative agents of IE during 1980-1994, but after that Staphylococcus aureus was the most common pathogen (p = 0.015). The proportion of IE of the aortic valve decreased during the study (from 30 (49%) to 26 (27%), whereas the proportions of mitral (11 (18%) to 33 (35%) and tricuspid valve IE (0 to 13 (14%) increased correspondingly (p = 0.001). This was mainly due to more patients with IVDU. Chronic dialysis for renal failure as an underlying condition increased over time (from 0 to 7 (7.4%), p = 0.015) but no other predisposing conditions changed. Complications such as neurological manifestations and heart failure did not change in frequency, but the incidence of lung emboli increased (from 0% to 10.5%, p < 0.001); 83% of these emboli occurred in patients with IVDU. The proportion of patients requiring surgical treatment and mortality due to IE did not change. CONCLUSIONS During these 25 years, the causative agents, affected valves and complications of IE changed to some degree. These changes were mainly attributed to the increase of IVDU-associated IE. Except for the increase in age, the clinical presentation and outcome in non-addicts remained substantially unchanged.
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- M Heiro
- Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Finland.
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The surgical treatment of infective endocarditis: An overview. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s12055-006-0504-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Oki K, Matsuura W, Saito Y, Ono Y, Yanagihara K, Sueshiro M, Morita S, Koide J, Maeda A. Infective endocarditis and acute purulent pericarditis in a patient with hyperglycemia. Intern Med 2005; 44:666-70. [PMID: 16020903 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A diabetic patient was admitted to our hospital for infective endocarditis with acute purulent pericarditis and diabetic ketoacidosis. Echocardiography revealed attachment of vegetation to the chordae tendineae in the left ventricle and pericaridial effusion. The vegetation was enlarged and pendulated for a few days despite maximal antimicrobial therapy. Surgical resection was desirable to decrease the risk of embolic complications and cardiovascular collapse. We could not open the heart because of accumulation of purulent pericardial fluid, and right renal infarction was complicated. We believe that the immunocompromised and hypercoagulable state due to diabetes caused these conditions.
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- Kenji Oki
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Higashihiroshima Medical Center, Jike, Saijo
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Calza L, Manfredi R, Chiodo F. Infective endocarditis: a review of the best treatment options. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2005; 5:1899-916. [PMID: 15330728 DOI: 10.1517/14656566.5.9.1899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Despite significant advances in antimicrobial therapy and an enhanced ability to diagnose and treat complications, infective endocarditis is still associated with substantial morbidity and mortality today, and its incidence has not decreased over the past decades. This apparent paradox may be explained by a progressive change in risk factors, leading to an evolution in its epidemiological and clinical features. In fact, new risk factors for endocarditis have emerged, such as intravenous drug abuse, diffusion of heart surgery procedures and prosthetic valve implantation, atherosclerotic valve disease in elderly patients, and nosocomial disease. Recently identified microorganisms (including Bartonella spp., Abiotrophia defectiva, and the HACEK group of bacteria [including Haemophilus spp., Actinobacillus spp., Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens and Kingella kingae]) are sometimes the cause of culture-negative endocarditis, and emerging resistant bacteria (such as methicillin- or vancomycin-resistant Staphylococci and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci) are becoming a new challenge for conventional antibiotic therapy. New therapeutic approaches need to be developed for the treatment of infective endocarditis caused by drug-resistant Gram-positive cocci, and some antimicrobial compounds recently introduced in clinical practice (such as streptogramins and oxazolidinones) may be an effective alternative, but further clinical studies are needed in order to confirm their effectiveness and safety. This review should help redefine the best therapeutic and preventive strategies against infective endocarditis.
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- Leonardo Calza
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S. Orsola Hospital, via G. Massarenti 11, I-40138 Bologna, Italy.
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Dokić M, Milanović M, Begović V, Ristić-Andelkov A, Tomanović B. [Infective endocarditis of a rare etiology (Serratia marcescens)]. VOJNOSANIT PREGL 2005; 61:689-94. [PMID: 15717732 DOI: 10.2298/vsp0406689d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Infective endocarditis (IE) is a unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. It is a severe disease, fatal before penicillin discovery. Atypical presentations frequently led to delayed diagnosis and poor outcome. There was little information about the natural history of the vegetations during medical treatment or the relation of morphologic changes in vegetation to late complications. Application of a new diagnostic criteria and echocardiography, increased the number of definite diagnosis. Trans-thoracic and trans-esophageal echocardiography had an established role in the management of patients with IE. The evolution of vegetation size, its mobility, and consistency, the extent of the disease, and the severity of valvular regurgutation were related to late complications. With therapeutic options including modern antibiotic treatment and early surgical intervention IE turned out to be a curable disease. Reduction in mortality also depended on prevention. Antibiotic prophylaxis of IE was important, but low mortality was also the result of early treatment, especially in the event of early recognition of symptoms and signs of the disease.
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Delahaye F, Célard M, Roth O, de Gevigney G. Indications and optimal timing for surgery in infective endocarditis. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2004; 90:618-20. [PMID: 15145858 PMCID: PMC1768251 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.029967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- F Delahaye
- Hôpital cardiovasculaire et pneumologique, Lyon, France. francois.delahaye @ chu-lyon.fr
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Bosshard PP, Kronenberg A, Zbinden R, Ruef C, Böttger EC, Altwegg M. Etiologic diagnosis of infective endocarditis by broad-range polymerase chain reaction: a 3-year experience. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 37:167-72. [PMID: 12856207 DOI: 10.1086/375592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2002] [Accepted: 03/03/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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We analyzed surgically resected endocardial specimens from 49 patients by broad-range PCR. PCR results were compared with (1) results of previous blood cultures, (2) results of culture and Gram staining of resected specimens, and (3) clinical data (Duke criteria). Molecular analyses of resected specimens and previous blood cultures showed good overall agreement. However, in 18% of patients with sterile blood cultures, bacterial DNA was found in the resected materials. When data from patients with definite or rejected cases of infective endocarditis (IE) were included, the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of broad-range PCR were 82.6%, 100%, 100%, and 76.5%, respectively, overall, and 94.1%, 100%, 100%, and 90%, for cases of native valve endocarditis. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of culture of resected specimens from patients with native valve endocarditis were 17.6%, 88.9%, 75%, and 36.4%. We recommend broad-range PCR of surgically resected endocardial material in cases of possible IE, in cases of suspected IE in which blood cultures are sterile, and in cases in which organisms grow in blood cultures but only Duke minor criteria are met. We propose to add molecular techniques to the pathologic criteria of the Duke classification scheme.
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Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bacteremia and endocarditis. Over the past several years, the frequency of S aureus bacteremia (SAB) has increased dramatically. This increasing frequency, coupled with increasing rates of antibiotic resistance, has renewed interest in this serious, common infection. S aureus is a unique pathogen because of its virulent properties, its protean manifestations, and its ability to cause endocarditis on architecturally normal cardiac valves. Although the possibility of underlying endocarditis arises in virtually every patient with SAB, only a minority of bacteremic patients will actually have cardiac involvement. Distinguishing patients with S aureus infective endocarditis (IE) from those with uncomplicated SAB is essential, but often difficult. In this review, the authors summarize recent changes in the epidemiology of SAB and IE, discuss the challenges in distinguishing SAB from IE, and discuss current trends in the management of patients with SAB and IE.
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- Cathy A Petti
- Departments of Pathology and Medicine, Box 3879, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Olaison L, Pettersson G. Current best practices and guidelines. Indications for surgical intervention in infective endocarditis. Cardiol Clin 2003; 21:235-51, vii. [PMID: 12874896 DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8651(03)00029-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Optimal diagnosis and management of patients with infective endocarditis requires sound clinical judgment based on extensive experience. This is especially important in regard to the indications and timing for surgery. To achieve the best possible outcomes, surgical intervention during treatment is required in 25% to 30% of patients with infective endocarditis. Heart failure and progressive left-sided valvular dysfunction are the most common indications for operation. Valve repair should be considered as an alternative to valve replacement whenever feasible, especially in younger patients. Successful management of perivalvular abscesses and prosthetic valve infections requires radical removal of infected tissue followed by reconstructive procedures performed by experienced surgeons. Emergency or urgent surgery should seldom be delayed.
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- Lars Olaison
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-416 85 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Mouly S, Ruimy R, Launay O, Arnoult F, Brochet E, Trouillet JL, Leport C, Wolff M. The changing clinical aspects of infective endocarditis: descriptive review of 90 episodes in a French teaching hospital and risk factors for death. J Infect 2002; 45:246-56. [PMID: 12423613 DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2002.1058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We wanted to describe the epidemiological aspects of infective endocarditis (IE) in a French hospital and identify the prognostic factors. METHODS We reviewed the clinical, echocardiographic and microbiological features, and the outcome of 89 patients (90 episodes, median age 60 years) with IE over 18 months. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify prognostic factors for death. RESULTS A native valve was involved in 68 cases (75.5%); in 7 of these the patient was an intravenous drug user. A prosthetic valve was involved in 22 cases (24.5%); 5 of these were of early onset. Diagnosis was definite in 87% of cases. Median time to diagnosis was 3 days. Twenty-five patients (28%) were immunocompromised. A portal of entry, usually cutaneous, was identified in 65% of cases. Sixty-two percent of patients had an underlying heart disorder, usually degenerative. The infection involved the left heart in more than 75% of cases. One or more vegetations were detected in 75% of cases. The median size of vegetation was 15 mm. Isolated agents were mainly staphylococci (n=40 (44%), including 12 coagulase-negative isolates), and streptococci (n=23 (25%), including 7 enterococci). In 11 cases (12%), cultures remained negative. Nineteen episodes were nosocomial and Staphylococcus aureus was implicated in 11 of them. Fifty percent of patients had at least one complication: heart failure (n=42), kidney failure (n=44), embolism (n=35), septic shock (n=19). Surgery was performed in 49 cases (54%) due to heart failure (n=19), cerebral embolism (n=12), and/or severe valve lesions (n=27). Eighteen patients died, 10 of whom were infected with S. aureus. Nosocomial IE (P=0.0008), heart failure (P=0.004) and prosthetic valve (P=0.01), but not S. aureus were independently associated with death. CONCLUSIONS S. aureus was the main microorganism isolated in our patients. However, it was not independently predictive of fatal outcome.
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- S Mouly
- Department of Intensive Care and Infectious Diseases, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France.
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Olaison L, Pettersson G. Current best practices and guidelines indications for surgical intervention in infective endocarditis. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2002; 16:453-75, xi. [PMID: 12092482 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5520(01)00006-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Optimal diagnosis and management of patients with infective endocarditis requires sound clinical judgment based on extensive experience. This is especially important in regard to the indications and timing for surgery. To achieve the best possible outcomes, surgical intervention during treatment is required in 25% to 30% of patients with infective endocarditis. Heart failure and progressive left-sided valvular dysfunction are the most common indications for operation. Valve repair should be considered as an alternative to valve replacement whenever feasible, especially in younger patients. Successful management of perivalvular abscesses and prosthetic valve infections requires radical removal of infected tissue followed by reconstructive procedures performed by experienced surgeons. Emergency or urgent surgery should seldom be delayed.
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- Lars Olaison
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-416 85 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bacteremia and endocarditis. Over the past several years, the frequency of S. aureus bacteremia (SAB) has increased dramatically. This increasing frequency, coupled with increasing rates of antibiotic resistance, has renewed interest in this serious, common infection. S. aureus is a unique pathogen because of its virulent properties, its protean manifestations, and its ability to cause endocarditis on architecturally normal cardiac valves. Although the possibility of underlying endocarditis arises in virtually every patient with SAB, only a minority of bacteremic patients will actually have cardiac involvement. Distinguishing patients with S. aureus infective endocarditis (IE) from those with uncomplicated SAB is essential, but often difficult. In this review, the authors summarize recent changes in the epidemiology of SAB and IE, discuss the challenges in distinguishing SAB from IE, and discuss current trends in the management of patients with SAB and IE.
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- Cathy A Petti
- Departments of Pathology and Medicine, Box 3879, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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