Infective endocarditis in children without underlying heart disease

Lin, Yen‐Ting; Hsieh, Kai‐Sheng; Chen, Yao-Shen; Huang, I-Shen; Cheng, Ming‐Fang

doi:10.1016/j.jmii.2012.05.001

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“…This finding is in agreement with previous studies that made a diagnosis of IE in approximately 20% of their cases without risk factors potentially associated with this severe infectious disease [9,23,24]. In the absence of predisposing cardiac disease, IE involved mainly mitral valce, whereas pulmonary valve was involved frequently in the presence of CHD.…”

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Infective Endocarditis in Children in Italy from 2000 to 2015

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Mayer

Krzysztofiak

et al. 2016

Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

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Infective Endocarditis in Children in Italy from 2000 to 2015

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Mayer

Krzysztofiak

et al. 2016

Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

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“…The youngest patient previously described was 2 years old. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16] In this case, the patient underwent a lotus and water birth. Although unusual neonatal infections have been reported with water births in the past, including, among others, Legionella pneumonia and Haemophilus sepsis, 17,18 larger studies have shown that there is no significant increased risk of subsequent neonatal infections in newborns who underwent water births.…”

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Staphylococcus lugdunensis sepsis and endocarditis in a newborn following lotus birth

Ittleman

Szabo

2018

Cardiol Young

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A term newborn, who underwent lotus birth, developed Staphylococcus lugdunensis sepsis and endocarditis on the 1st day of life. This case reports an uncommon pathogen known to cause destructive endocarditis in the adult and paediatric populations, causing endocarditis in a neonate. We speculate that lotus birth, an atypical birthing practice, may have contributed to the development of this infection.

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“…CoNS ranked as the 3 rd most common pathogen in 5 out of 7 studies. Two studies found Candida albicans to be the 2 nd and 3 rd most common pathogen respectively, [25,26] while cases of Enterococcus spp were also reported. Injectable drug user(s) (IDUs): Four retrospective cohort studies (N. America: 2, Asia: 1, Europe: 1) comprising a total of 580 cases examined the characteristics of IE among populations of IDUs.…”

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The causative agents in infective endocarditis: a systematic review comprising 33,214 cases

Vogkou

Vlachogiannis

Palaiodimos

et al. 2016

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis

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Infective endocarditis (IE) incidence remains high with considerable fatality rates; guidelines for prophylaxis against IE are currently under review in some settings which highlights the importance of maintaining up-to-date epidemiological estimates about the most common microbial causes. The objective of this systematic review, following PRISMA guidelines, was to identify the most common microbial causes of IE in recent years. Medline was searched from January 1, 2003 to March 31, 2013 for all articles containing the term "infective endocarditis". All relevant studies reporting diagnostic results were included. Special patient subpopulations were assessed separately. A total of 105 studies were included, from 36 countries, with available data on a total of 33,214 cases. Staphylococcus aureus was found to be the most common microorganism, being the most frequent in 54.3 % of studies (N = 57) (and in 55.4 % of studies using Duke's criteria for diagnosis [N = 51]). Viridans group streptococci (VGS), coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), Enterococcus spp and Streptococcus bovis were among the most common causes. S. aureus was the most common pathogen in almost all population subgroups; however, this was not the case in patients with implantable devices, prosthetic valves, or immunocompromised non-HIV, as well as in the sub-group from Asia, emphasizing that a global one-size-fits-all approach to the management of suspected IE is not appropriate. This review provides an evidence-based map of the most common causative agents of IE, highlighting S. aureus as the leading cause in the 21st century. The changing epidemiology of IE in some patient sub-groups in the last decade and the very high number of microbiologically undiagnosed cases (26.6 %) suggest the need to revisit IE prophylaxis and diagnostic strategies.

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Infective endocarditis in children without underlying heart disease

Cited by 58 publications

References 26 publications

Infective Endocarditis in Children in Italy from 2000 to 2015

Infective Endocarditis in Children in Italy from 2000 to 2015

Staphylococcus lugdunensis sepsis and endocarditis in a newborn following lotus birth

The causative agents in infective endocarditis: a systematic review comprising 33,214 cases

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