title: Clinical Features and Rate of Infective Endocarditis in Non-Faecalis and Non-faecium Enterococcal Bacteremia.
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).
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Hee-Chang
authors: HC
authors: Jang
authors: Wan Beom
authors: WB
authors: Park
authors: Hong Bin
authors: HB
authors: Kim
authors: Eui-Chong
authors: EC
authors: Kim
authors: Myoung-Don
authors: MD
authors: Oh