Clinical Features and Rate of Infective Endocarditis in Non-Faecalis and Non-faecium Enterococcal Bacteremia

作者：Hee‐Chang Jang, Wan Beom Park, Hong Bin Kim, Eui-Chong Kim, Myoung‐don Oh · 发表于：Chonnam Medical Journal · 年份：2011 · DOI：10.4068/cmj.2011.47.2.111 · 被引用次数：4 · 研究领域：Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management、Streptococcal Infections and Treatments、Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

Non-faecalis and non-faecium enterococci are an occasional cause of bacteremia, and some cases of infective endocarditis caused by these pathogens have been reported. However, the rate of infective endocarditis in non-faecalis and non-faecium enterococcal bacteremia is still undetermined. We compared the clinical features and the rate of infective endocarditis of 70 cases of non-faecalis and non-faecium enterococcal bacteremia with those of 65 cases of Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia. Non-faecalis and non-faecium enterococcal bacteremia was more frequently associated with biliary tract infection and polymicrobial bacteremia, and was less frequently associated with infective endocarditis, than was E. faecalis bacteremia (57% vs. 28%, p<0.01; 47% vs. 31%, p=0.05; 1% vs. 14%, p<0.01, respectively).