Impact of Enterococci vs. Staphylococci Induced Infective Endocarditis after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.
Tomasz GasiorFelix J WoitekAntonia SchrothMohamed Abdel-WahabLisa CrusiusStephan HaussigPhilipp KieferPiotr ScisloZenon HuczekMaciej DabrowskiAdam WitkowskiAnna Olasinska-WisniewskaMarek GrygierMarcin ProtasiewiczDamian HudziakUtz KappertDavid HolzheyWojciech WojakowskiAxel LinkeNorman MangnerPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
EC-IE, compared with SC-IE, was associated with a lower morbidity and mortality. However, absolute numbers are high, a finding that should trigger further research in appropriate perioperative antibiotic management and improvement of early IE diagnosis in the case of clinical suspicion.