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Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam Medical Journal, 2(47), p. 111, 2011

DOI: 10.4068/cmj.2011.47.2.111

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Clinical Features and Rate of Infective Endocarditis in Non-Faecalis and Non-faecium Enterococcal Bacteremia

Journal article published in 2011 by Hee-Chang Jang, Wan Beom Park ORCID, Hong Bin Kim, Hong Bin Kim ORCID, Eui-Chong Kim, Myoung-Don Oh ORCID
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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).