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Goycochea-Valdivia WA, Aboza-García M, Moreno-Pérez de Tudela R, Carazo-Gallego B, Roldan-Tormo E, Ruiz-Sáez B, Vázquez-Pérez Á, Peromingo-Matute E, Croche-Santander B, Obando-Pacheco P, Obando-Santaella I. Infective endocarditis in paediatric patients from Andalusia (Spain), 2008-2020. ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA (ENGLISH ED.) 2023; 41:549-558. [PMID: 36464618 DOI: 10.1016/j.eimce.2022.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Paediatric infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious condition associated with significant mortality. Information in Spain is limited and comes from case series from single centres. The aim was to describe the epidemiology, clinical features, microbiology and outcome of paediatric IE in Andalusia. PATIENTS AND METHODS Multi-centre descriptive observational retrospective study of patients <18 years old with a diagnosis of IE who were admitted to six Andalusian hospitals during 2008-2020. RESULTS 44 episodes of IE (41 patients) with a median age of 103 months (IQR 37-150 months) were identified. Congenital heart disease (CHD) was the main predisposing factor, identified in 34 cases (77%). A total of 21 (48%) episodes of IE occurred in patients with prosthetic material. These had higher rate of CHD (p = 0.002) and increased end organ dysfunction (p = 0.04) compared to those with native valve. Fever was an almost universal symptom, associated in 23% of the episodes with heart failure. Staphylococcus aureus (25%) followed by coagulase-negative staphylococci (18%) and Streptococcus viridans (14%) were the most frequently isolated microorganisms, and three (7%) patients with central venous catheters had a fungal infection. Thromboembolic events were observed in 30% of the episodes, surgical intervention was required in 48% of cases. Mortality rate was 9%. Prosthetic material and CRP > 140 mg/L were independent predictors of complicated IE. CONCLUSIONS Our findings emphasize the high morbidity of paediatric IE. The information provided could be useful for the identification of epidemiological and clinical profiles of children with IE and complicated forms.
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- Unidad de Infectología e Inmunopatologías Pediátricas, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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- Sección de Infectología Pediátrica, Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Pediatría, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Sección de Infectología Pediátrica, Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Pediatría, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Unidad de Infecciosas Pediátricas, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain
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Demir F, Varan C, Erdem S, Atmış A, Akbaş T, Subaşı B, Güzel Y, Özbarlas N. Infective endocarditis in childhood: a single-centre experience of 26 years. Cardiol Young 2023; 33:1950-1955. [PMID: 36419327 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951122003419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The aim of this study was to present the clinical and microbiological characteristics of patients with infective endocarditis.A retrospective evaluation was made of patients diagnosed with infective endocarditis between 1995 and 2021. The clinical and laboratory characteristics of the patients were recorded together with conditions constituting a risk for the development of endocarditis, treatment, and surgical outcomes.Evaluation was made of 68 patients with a mean age of 7.3 years (3 months-17 years), diagnosed with infective endocarditis. An underlying cause of CHD was determined in 47 (69%) patients and rheumatic valve disease in 3 (4.4%). There was no structural heart disease in 18 (26%) patients of whom 13 of them had other risk factors. A causative organism was found in 41 (60%) cases, and the microorganism most often determined was viridans group streptococcus. No difference was determined between the patients diagnosed before and after 2007 in respect of the frequency of viridans streptococcus (p > 0.05). Septic emboli were seen in 18 (26%) patients, of which 17 required surgical treatments. In 5 of 11 (16.6%) patients with mortality, the agent was S. aureus. Of the total 28 (41%) patients were evaluated as hospital-acquired endocarditis. The most frequently determined agents in this group were staphylococcus epidermidis and S. aureus.Although CHDs continue to be the greatest risk factor for endocarditis, there is an increasing frequency of endocarditis in patients with no structural heart disease. Mortality rates are still high in infective endocarditis, especially in S. aureus endocarditis.
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- Fadli Demir
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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Colomba C, Garbo V, Boncori G, Albano C, Bagarello S, Condemi A, Giordano S, Canduscio LA, Gallo C, Parrinello G, Cascio A. Streptococcus mitis as a New Emerging Pathogen in Pediatric Age: Case Report and Systematic Review. Antibiotics (Basel) 2023; 12:1222. [PMID: 37508318 PMCID: PMC10376791 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12071222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Streptococcus mitis, a normal inhabitant of the oral cavity, is a member of Viridans Group Streptococci (VGS). Generally recognized as a causative agent of invasive diseases in immunocompromised patients, S. mitis is considered to have low pathogenic potential in immunocompetent individuals. We present a rare case of sinusitis complicated by meningitis and cerebral sino-venous thrombosis (CSVT) caused by S. mitis in a previously healthy 12-year-old boy with poor oral health status. With the aim of understanding the real pathogenic role of this microorganism, an extensive review of the literature about invasive diseases due to S. mitis in pediatric patients was performed. Our data define the critical role of this microorganism in invasive infections, especially in immunocompetent children and in the presence of apparently harmful conditions such as sinusitis and caries. Attention should be paid to the choice of therapy because of VGS's emerging antimicrobial resistance patterns.
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- Claudia Colomba
- Department of Health Promotion, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, "G. Di Cristina" Hospital, ARNAS Civico Di Cristina Benfratelli, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Health Promotion, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Health Promotion, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Health Promotion, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Health Promotion, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Health Promotion, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, "G. Di Cristina" Hospital, ARNAS Civico Di Cristina Benfratelli, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, "G. Di Cristina" Hospital, ARNAS Civico Di Cristina Benfratelli, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Division of Radiology, "G. Di Cristina" Hospital, ARNAS Civico Di Cristina Benfratelli, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Health Promotion, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Health Promotion, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, AOU Policlinico "P. Giaccone", 90100 Palermo, Italy
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Swiss Evaluation Registry for Pediatric Infective Endocarditis (SERPIE) - Risk factors for complications in children and adolescents with infective endocarditis. Int J Cardiol 2023; 370:463-471. [PMID: 36334644 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.10.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis (IE) in pediatric patients is a severe cardiac disease and its actual epidemiology and clinical outcome in Switzerland is scarcely studied. METHODS Retrospective nationwide multicenter data analysis of pediatric IE in children (<18 years) between 2011 and 2020. RESULTS 69 patients were treated for definite (40/69;58%) or possible IE (29/69;42%). 61% (42/69) were male. Diagnosis was made at median 6.4 years (IQR 0.8-12.6) of age with 19 patients (28%) during the first year of life. 84% (58/69) had congenital heart defects. IE was located on pulmonary (25/69;35%), mitral (10/69;14%), tricuspid (8/69;12%) and aortic valve (6/69;9%), and rarely on ventricular septal defect (VSD;4/69;6%) and atrial septal defect (ASD;1/69;1%). In 22% (16/69) localization was unknown. 70% (48/69) had postoperative IE, with prosthetic material involved in 60% (29/48; right ventricular to pulmonary artery conduit (24), VSD (4), ASD (1)). Causative organisms were mostly Staphylococci spp. (25;36%) including Staphylococcus aureus (19;28%), and Streptococci spp. (13;19%). 51% (35/69) suffered from severe complications including congestive heart failure (16;23%), sepsis (17;25%) and embolism (19;28%). Staphylococcus aureus was found as a predictor of severe complications in univariate and multivariate analysis (p = 0.02 and p = 0.033). In 46% (32/69) cardiac surgery was performed. 7% (5/69) died. CONCLUSIONS IE in childhood remains a severe cardiac disease with relevant mortality. The high morbidity and high rate of complications is associated with Staphylococcus aureus infections. Congenital heart defects act as a risk factor for IE, in particular the high number of cases associated with prosthetic pulmonary valve needs further evaluation and therapeutic alternatives.
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Vicent L, Goenaga MA, Muñoz P, Marín-Arriaza M, Valerio M, Fariñas MC, Cobo-Belaustegui M, de Alarcón A, Rodríguez-Esteban MÁ, Miró JM, Goikoetxea-Agirre AJ, de Castro Campos D, García-Vázquez E, Martínez-Sellés M. Infective endocarditis in children and adolescents: a different profile with clinical implications. Pediatr Res 2022; 92:1400-1406. [PMID: 35149848 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-022-01959-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Our aim was to compare pediatric infective endocarditis (IE) with the clinical profile and outcomes of IE in adults. METHODS Prospective multicenter registry in 31 Spanish hospitals including all patients with a diagnosis of IE from 2008 to 2020. RESULTS A total of 5590 patients were included, 49 were <18 years (0.1%). Congenital heart disease (CHD) was present in 31 children and adolescents (63.2%). Right-sided location was more common in children/adolescents than in adults (46.9% vs. 6.3%, P < 0.001). Pediatric pulmonary IE was more frequent in patients with CHD (48.4%) than in those without (5.6%), P = 0.004. Staphylococcus aureus etiology tended to be more common in pediatric patients (32.7%) than in adults (22.3%), P = 0.082. Heart failure was less common in pediatric patients than in adults, due to the lower rate of heart failure in children/adolescents with CHD (9.6%) with respect to those without CHD (44.4%), P = 0.005. Inhospital mortality was high in both children, and adolescents and adults (16.3% vs. 25.9%; P = 0.126). CONCLUSIONS Most IE cases in children and adolescents are seen in patients with CHD that have a more common right-sided location and a lower prevalence of heart failure than patients without CHD. IE in children and adolescents without CHD has a more similar profile to IE in adults. IMPACT Infective endocarditis (IE) in children and adolescents is often seen in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Right-sided location is the most common in patients with CHD and heart failure is less common as a complication compared with patients without CHD. Infective endocarditis (IE) in children/adolescents without CHD has a more similar profile to IE in adults. In children/adolescents without CHD, locations were similar to adults, including a predominance of left-sided IE. Acute heart failure was the most frequent complication, seen mainly in adults, and in children/adolescents without CHD.
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- Lourdes Vicent
- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Donosti, ISS Biodonostia, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.,Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Clinical Unit of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine Infectious Diseases Research Group. Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBIS), University of Seville/CSIC/University Virgen del Rocío and Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.,Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Cardiológicos, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna-Infecciosas, IMIB, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Donosti, ISS Biodonostia, San Sebastián, Spain. .,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBER-CV), Madrid, Spain. .,Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Europea, Universidad Complutense, Calle Dr. Esquerdo, 46, 28007, Madrid, Spain.
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Endocarditis infecciosa en pacientes pediátricos de Andalucía (España), 2008-2020. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2022.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kumar D, Garg S, Bhatt DD. Contemporary Pattern of Pediatric Infective Endocarditis from Tertiary Care Centre of Northern India: A Single Centre Experience. JOURNAL OF CHILD SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1735881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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AbstractWith an increasing number of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) undergoing corrective treatments, improved pediatric intensive care, better antimicrobial treatments, and a relative decrease in rheumatic heart disease over the years, the epidemiology of pediatric infective endocarditis in India may be undergoing a change. The study was done in the department of pediatrics of a tertiary care teaching hospital of North India. A retrospective analysis of case records of children (<12 years) admitted with a diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) from January 2013 to April 2019 was performed. Modified Duke's criteria were used to diagnose IE. There were 21 children diagnosed with infective endocarditis during this period. The mean age at presentation was 70 months (range: 2.5–144 months). CHD (n = 13/21, 61.9%) was the most common predisposing condition. A total of 28% (6/21) patients had no preexisting structural heart disease. Nine percent (2/21) had rheumatic heart disease. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common etiological agent in those with a structurally normal heart. Most patients had blood culture–negative infective endocarditis (n = 12, 57.1%). Only one patient fulfilled Duke's major microbiological criteria. Six patients (28.57%) died during the hospital stay. Increasingly younger children are being diagnosed with infective endocarditis in India and a significant number of them are in the setting of a structurally normal heart. In view of high percentage of culture-negative endocarditis, the Duke criteria may need to be revised to retain their sensitivity in such settings.
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- Dinesh Kumar
- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
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AlBassri T, Sheikho M, Chaikhouni F, Al Habshan F, Kabbani MS. Neurological complications in children with infective endocarditis: Incidence, risk factors, and outcome: A 10-year single-center experience. Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med 2021; 8:198-202. [PMID: 34350336 PMCID: PMC8319676 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpam.2021.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Despite improvement in medical management, infective endocarditis (IE) remains a serious disease that may affect children with and without preexisting cardiac conditions with significant morbidity and mortality. Neurological complications of IE represent the worst with guarded prognosis. The aim of this study is to describe the incidence, etiology, characteristics, risk factors, and outcome of children with neurological complications associated with IE. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted from 2009 to 2019 where all pediatric patients who fulfilled the modified Duke criteria for IE were included. We divided the cases into 2 groups: IE with neurological complications and IE without neurological complications control group. We compared the two groups statistically and analyzed the results. RESULTS We identified 31 (17 male, 14 female) patients with IE. Neurological complications occurred in 7/31 (23%) patients, mainly in the form of a stroke. Gram-positive microbes were the main causative agents for IE (52%) followed by gram-negative (14%), then fungal organisms (3%). Univariate analysis identified the following risk factors for neurological complications: lower body weight, higher C- reactive protein (CRP) level, and left-sided valvular lesions with P values of (0.0003, 0.0001, and 0.04), respectively.Although mortality was higher in the neurological complications group, it was 43% in comparison to 21% in the control group and it did not reach statistical significance (P = .49). Large vegetation size (more than 10 mm) was seen in 57% of patients with neurological complications as compared to 16% in the control group (P = .052). CONCLUSION Neurological complications occurred in almost a quarter of children with IE. Possible risk factors include lower body weight, left-sided valvular lesion, and higher levels of inflammatory markers (CRP). Stroke was the most common neurological complication encountered with possible increased risk of mortality.
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- Tala AlBassri
- College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Division of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Corresponding author. Pediatric Cardiac ICU, MC 1423, King Abdulaziz Medical City, P.O. BOX 22490, Riyadh, 11426, Saudi Arabia.
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Mahony M, Lean D, Pham L, Horvath R, Suna J, Ward C, Veerappan S, Versluis K, Nourse C. Infective Endocarditis in Children in Queensland, Australia: Epidemiology, Clinical Features and Outcome. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2021; 40:617-622. [PMID: 33902079 DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000003110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare entity in children associated with significant morbidity and mortality. To optimize management, it is important to understand local epidemiology, risk factors, clinical features and outcome. These are investigated in this retrospective 10-year study of endocarditis in children in Queensland. METHODS Children <18 years with IE were identified from the state-wide pediatric cardiology center (Mater Children's Hospital, 2009-2014; Queensland Children's Hospital, 2014-2018) through International Classification of Diseases codes and local cardiology database. Clinical records were assessed by a clinician and echocardiograms by a cardiologist. Incidence was calculated using Australian Bureau of Statistics Queensland Estimated Resident Population data, 2019. RESULTS Fifty-one children were identified, with an overall estimated incidence of 0.84 per 100,000 per year; 0.69 per 100,000 in 2009-2013 and 0.99 per 100,000 in 2014-2018, respectively. Twenty-four (47.1%) children were male and 10 (19.6%) were identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples. Underlying cardiac conditions were present in 29 (56.9%): 25 congenital heart disease, 3 rheumatic heart disease and 1 cardiomyopathy. A causative pathogen was identified in 46 (90.2%) children with Staphylococcus aureus most common. Thirty-six (70.6%) met criteria for "Definite IE" as per modified Duke criteria, with the remainder "Possible IE." Surgery was required in 26 (51%). Median duration of antibiotics was 42 (interquartile range = 32-51) days and hospitalization 49 (interquartile range = 34-75) days. One child died due to IE. CONCLUSIONS IE in children in Queensland is increasing in incidence and is higher than the reported incidence in New Zealand and the United States. Congenital heart disease is the most common risk factor and S. aureus is the commonest responsible organism. Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children are over-represented. Mortality remains low.
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- Michelle Mahony
- From the Infection Management and Prevention Service, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Paediatric Department, Nazarene General Hospital, Papua New Guinea
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Infective Endocarditis Queensland [ieQ], Brisbane, Australia
- The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
- Pathology Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service
- Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Research, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service
- Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Research, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Research, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- From the Infection Management and Prevention Service, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Infective Endocarditis Queensland [ieQ], Brisbane, Australia
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Difficulties in Diagnosis and Therapy of Infective Endocarditis in Children and Adolescents-Cohort Study. Healthcare (Basel) 2021; 9:healthcare9060760. [PMID: 34205298 PMCID: PMC8235031 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9060760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 06/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Despite the progress in management and prophylaxis measures, infective endocarditis (IE) is still a condition associated with high mortality rates and severe complications. Fortunately, the incidence of IE is much lower in children and adolescents, with only 0.05–0.12/1000 cases being reported in hospitalized pediatric patients. According to recent data, IE is, in most cases, a complication of pre-existing congenital heart disorders, in up to 75–90% of cases. About 8–10% of all IE cases occur in children without a pre-existing heart condition, due to the widespread use of catheters and invasive procedures, or are associated with immunosuppression. The overall mortality rate due to IE among children and adolescents is 16–25%, a fairly high incidence despite advances made in management and treatment methodologies. We present a retrospective case study conducted in the Pediatric Cardiology Department of ‘St. Maria’ Emergency Children’s Hospital of Iași between February 2007 and February 2020, including 54 children aged between 23 days and 17 years. Our study was aimed at revealing the evolution of IE in recent years in the pediatric population, at identifying the main causes leading to the onset and progress of the disease, at assessing the incidence of clinical and paraclinical manifestations and at determining efficient diagnosis and therapy approaches for the population under survey.
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BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge associated with high morbidity and mortality. We evaluated the microbial profile and clinical manifestation of IE in children. METHODS A retrospective study examining pediatric IE cases treated between 2000 and 2017 at the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, KU Leuven, was conducted. Clinical presentation, treatment, complications, outcome of IE, underlying microorganisms and congenital heart defects were reviewed. RESULTS Fifty-three patients were diagnosed with IE. Overall, 19 patients (36%) required cardiac surgery. Seven patients (13%) died. Eighty-seven percent of patients had an underlying congenital cardiac defect. Eighteen (34%) children presented with prosthetic graft IE. A causative organism was found in 49 (92%) cases: viridans group streptococci were identified in 17 (32%), Staphylococcus aureus in 13 (25%) and coagulase-negative staphylococci in 11 (20%) children. Community-acquired (CA) IE increased significantly from 8 (33%) cases in 2000-2007 to 20 (74%) cases in 2008-2017 (P < 0.01). Even with viridans streptococci being significantly more prevalent in the CA group (P < 0.01), we did not observe an increase of streptococcal IE from 2008 to 2017. Seventeen (32%) patients presented with hospital-acquired IE during the first year of life with 14 (82%) children after surgery and a prevalence of coagulase-negative staphylococci (53%). CONCLUSIONS The incidence of pediatric IE was similar over the investigated time period with a shift toward CA IE. Streptococci and staphylococci accounted for the majority of cases in both periods. Awareness of IE and its prevention is crucial in patients after implantation of prosthetic grafts.
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An update on Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis from the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC). Int J Antimicrob Agents 2018; 53:9-15. [PMID: 30240836 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Jomaa W, Ben Ali I, Abid D, Hajri Ernez S, Abid L, Triki F, Kammoun S, Gharbi A, Ben Rejeb O, Mahdhaoui A, Jeridi G, Azaiez MA, El Hraiech A, Ben Hamda K, Maatouk F. Clinical features and prognosis of infective endocarditis in children: Insights from a Tunisian multicentre registry. Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2017; 110:676-681. [PMID: 28579111 DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2016.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Revised: 12/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare condition in the paediatric setting. No data on the epidemiology and prognosis of IE in children are available from North African countries. AIM To investigate the epidemiological profile and prognosis of IE in children in Tunisia. METHODS All patients aged≤18 years presenting with IE in three Tunisian tertiary care centres between January 1997 and September 2013 were included. Clinical features and 30-day and 6-month mortality rates were studied. Factors predictive of death at 6-month follow-up were determined. RESULTS A total of 73 patients were included in the present study. The mean age was 12±4.8 years; 35 (50.7%) patients were male. Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) was the underlying heart disease in 17 (23.3%) cases and IE occurred in a structurally normal heart in 36 (49.3%) cases. Staphylococcus species were isolated in 17 (23.3%) cases. Regarding IE localization, the mitral valve was involved in 28 (38.4%) cases and the aortic valve in 14 (19.2%) cases. Recourse to surgery was reported in 37 (50.7%) cases. Thirty-day and 6-month mortality rates were 13.6% and 19.2%, respectively. Heart failure on admission or during the hospital course, acute renal failure and neurological complications were significantly associated with death at 6-month follow-up in the univariate analysis and after adjustment for age and sex. CONCLUSIONS In the Tunisian context, IE in children is still characterized by the high prevalence of RHD as an underlying heart disease. Short- and long-term mortality rates remain high. Heart failure, acute renal failure and neurological complications are significantly associated with death at 6-month follow-up.
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Affiliation(s)
- Walid Jomaa
- Cardiology B Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, avenue 1(er)-Juin, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia; University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia.
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- Cardiology B Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, avenue 1(er)-Juin, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia; University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Cardiology Department, Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Cardiology Department and Reseach Laboratory LR12SP09, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia
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- Cardiology Department, Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Cardiology Department, Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Cardiology Department, Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Cardiology Department and Reseach Laboratory LR12SP09, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia
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- Cardiology Department and Reseach Laboratory LR12SP09, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia
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- Cardiology Department and Reseach Laboratory LR12SP09, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia
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- Cardiology Department and Reseach Laboratory LR12SP09, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia
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- Cardiology B Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, avenue 1(er)-Juin, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia; University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Cardiology B Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, avenue 1(er)-Juin, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia; University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Cardiology B Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, avenue 1(er)-Juin, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia; University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Cardiology B Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, avenue 1(er)-Juin, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia; University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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