Clinical Features and Rate of Infective Endocarditis in Non-Faecalis and Non-faecium Enterococcal Bacteremia
10.4068/cmj.2011.47.2.111
- Author:
Hee Chang JANG
1
;
Wan Beom PARK
;
Hong Bin KIM
;
Eui Chong KIM
;
Myoung don OH
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mdohmd@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Enterococci;
Bacteremia;
vanC;
Endocarditis
- MeSH:
Bacteremia;
Biliary Tract;
Endocarditis;
Enterococcus faecalis
- From:Chonnam Medical Journal
2011;47(2):111-115
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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).
