Risk and Outcome of Infective Endocarditis in Streptococcal Bloodstream Infections according to Streptococcal Species

• DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01049-23
• Publication Date: 2023-06-07T14:01:14Z
• Authors: Hyeonji Seo; Junho Hyun; Haein Kim; Sunghee Park; Hyemin Chung; Seongman Bae; Jiwon Jung; Min Jae Kim; Sung-Han Kim; Sang-Oh Lee; Sang-Ho Choi; Yang Soo Kim; Yong Pil Chong
• Keywords: Endocarditis; infective endocarditis; Streptococcus; Endocarditis, Bacterial; mortality; Microbiology; QR1-502; 3. Good health; Streptococcal Infections; Sepsis; echocardiography; Humans; bacteremia; Research Article; Retrospective Studies

Our study of risk of infective endocarditis in patients with streptococcal bloodstream infection demonstrated that Streptococcus sanguinis , S. mutans , and S. gallolyticus were significantly associated with higher risk of infective endocarditis. However, when we evaluated the performance of echocardiography in patients with streptococcal bloodstream infection, patients with S. mutans and S. gordonii bloodstream infection had a tendency of low performance in echocardiography.