Endocarditis 2014: An update

Percutaneous pulmonary valve endocarditis: Incidence, prevention and management

“…The five minor clinical criteria are a predisposition to IE, a fever of > 38 • C, vascular phenomena, immunological phenomena or microbiological evidence of IE not meeting major criteria. Requirements for a clinical diagnosis of IE are: two major clinical criteria; one major and three minor clinical criteria; or five minor clinical criteria [16][17][18]. Although these criteria are still used universally for IE, the patient characteristics, timing and presentation of PPV IE are quite complex, and one may have to keep a high index of suspicion in such patients.…”

Haemophilus parainfluenzae aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) successfully treated with oral levofloxacin

“…13 IVDAs with TV MSSA/MRSA have been treated entirely by the oral route for a short duration (2 weeks) by us and others. 2,6,8 Minocycline has been the mainstay of the oral treatment of MRSA/MSSA TV ABE in IVDAs. 12,13 With the general acceptance of IV to PO switch programs in treating a variety of systemic infections, there have been cases of treating IE via the oral route.…”

Open-Heart Surgery for a Pregnant Woman With Infective Endocarditis After Cesarean

“…Infective endocarditis (IE) is typically limited to patients with preexisting valvular abnormalities or a history of intravenous drug use [1]. IE is a rare life-threatening complication of pregnancy and the incidence is between 0.006% and 0.0125% with the maternal and fetal mortality being 22.1-33% and 14.7-29%, respectively [2][3][4].…”