Prevalence of infective endocarditis in streptococcal bloodstream infections is dependent on streptococcal species
Circulation Aug 28, 2020
Chamat-Hedemand S, Dahl A, Østergaard L, et al. - The prevalence of infective endocarditis (IE) was investigated at species level in patients with streptococcal bloodstream infections (BSIs). From 2008 to 2017, researchers identified 6,506 cases with streptococcal BSIs (mean age 68.1 years [SD 16.2], 52.8% men) in the Capital Region of Denmark. Among these cases, IE prevalence of 7.1% was observed. In streptococcal BSIs, IE prevalence is noted to be species dependent with S mutans, S gordonii, S sanguinis, S gallolyticus, and S mitis/oralis having the highest IE prevalence and the highest linked IE risk after adjusting for IE risk factors.
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