Epidemiology of bacterial endocarditis in The Netherlands. I. Patient characteristics

ACC/AHA 2008 Guidelines for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

“…73,74,[77][78][79][80][81][82] Epidemiological studies of IE have reported underlying CHD in 11% to 13% of cases. 83,84 Li and Somerville reported that IE accounted for 4% of admissions to a specialized adult congenital heart service. 85 Including pediatric data, certain unoperated and operated cardiac lesions may be more susceptible to infection (Table 6).…”

Extension of antimicrobial treatment in patients with left-sided native valve endocarditis based on elevated C-reactive protein values

“…Clinical characteristics, infecting micro-organisms, and CRP levels of the patients in both groups are summarized in Table 1. The distribution of SDoT group: patients in whom treatment was ended after standard duration 3 SEoT group: patients in whom treatment was extended after standard duration 4 HACEK: Haemophilus spp., Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella spp. and Kingella kingae 5 CNS: coagulase negative staphylococci 6 C-reactive protein at the end of standard treatment duration in mg/l micro-organisms was significantly different between the two groups (p=0.04).…”

“…The selection of hospitals was based on an earlier nationwide epidemiologic study in the Netherlands in which 70% of the cases of IE were admitted to those centres [3]. The study was approved by the medical ethical committees of all participating hospitals.…”

Infective Endocarditis by Uncommon Microorganism – Klebsiella oxytoca – in Right Heart Chambers

“…A incidência de endocardite nas câmaras cardíacas direitas varia de 5 a 10% 5,6 . O risco de endocardite em usuários de drogas é de 2 a 5% por paciente por ano 7 , muitas vezes maior do que o estimado para pacientes com cardiopatia reumática ou valvas protéticas.…”