Treatment Strategies and Risk of Recurrence in Patients With Heart Valve Prosthesis, Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia, and Possible Endocarditis-A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Nikita TothBo NilsonAndreas BergeMagnus Rasmussen

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)

Patients with heart valve prosthesis (HVP) and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) are at risk for endocarditis. In this retrospective, population-based cohort study of 134 patients with SAB and HVP, 97 patients (72%) were diagnosed with possible endocarditis. Despite that most patients with possible endocarditis received short antibiotic treatment, only 3 patients suffered recurrent SAB.

Keyphrases

staphylococcus aureus
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
heart failure
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
aortic stenosis
atrial fibrillation
patient reported outcomes
biofilm formation
gram negative