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Infective endocarditis related to unusual microorganisms: a prospective population-based study

Caroline Piau-Couapel
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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: (n = 4), (n = 4), (n = 3), (n = 3), and (n = 2). Cases were documented with blood cultures (n = 37, 80.4%), heart valve polymerase chain reaction (PCR; n = 5), heart valve culture (n = 2), PCR on vertebral biopsy (n = 1), or serology (n = 1). As compared with IE due to staphylococci, streptococci, or enterococci (n = 420), IE due to unusual microorganisms occurred more frequently in patients with previously known heart disease (69.0% vs 44.3%; = .002), prosthetic valve (40.5% vs 18.1%; = .0006), longer duration of fever (mean, 35.1 ± 46.8 days vs 12.5 ± 17.8; = .003), and who were more often nosocomial (38.1% vs 20.2%; = .02). Conclusions - In this population-based study, 9.8% of IE cases were due to unusual microorganisms, with a predominance of anaerobes, yeast, and gram-negative bacilli. As compared with IE related to staphylococci, streptococci, or enterococci, IE cases related to unusual microorganisms were associated with previously known heart disease, prosthetic valve, longer duration of fever, and nosocomial acquisition. Trial registration - ORCID 0000-0003-3617-5411.
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hal-02612650 , version 1 (08-07-2020)

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Silvia Limonta, Emmanuelle Cambau, Marie-Line Erpelding, Caroline Piau-Couapel, François Goehringer, et al.. Infective endocarditis related to unusual microorganisms: a prospective population-based study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020, 7 (5), pp.ofaa127. ⟨10.1093/ofid/ofaa127⟩. ⟨hal-02612650⟩
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