Instituto de Ciencias del Corazón, Hospital Clínico Universitario Valladolid, Spain.
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain.
Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Mar 5;68(6):1017-1023. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy684.
The culture of removed cardiac tissues during cardiac surgery of left-sided infective endocarditis (LSIE) helps to guide antibiotic treatment. Nevertheless, the prognostic information of a positive valve culture has never been explored.
Among 1078 cases of LSIE consecutively diagnosed in 3 tertiary centers, we selected patients with positive blood cultures who underwent surgery during the active period of infection and in whom surgical biological tissues were cultured (n = 429). According to microbiological results, we constructed 2 groups: negative valve culture (n=218) and concordant positive valve culture (CPVC) (n=118). We compared their main features and performed a multivariable analysis of in-hospital mortality.
Patients with CPVC presented more nosocomial origin (32% vs 20%, P = .014), more septic shock (21% vs 11%, P = .007), and higher Risk-E score (29% vs 21%, P = .023). Their in-hospital mortality was higher (35% vs 19%, P = .001), despite an earlier surgery (3 vs 11 days from antibiotic initiation, P < .001). Staphylococcus species (61% vs 42%, P = .001) and Enterococcus species (20% vs 9%, P = .002) were more frequent in the CPVC group, whereas Streptococcus species were less frequent (14% vs 42%, P < .001). Independent predictors for in-hospital mortality were renal failure (odds ratio [OR], 2.6 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.5-4.4]), prosthesis (OR, 1.9 [95% CI, 1.1-3.5]), Staphylococcus aureus (OR, 1.8 [95% CI, 1.02-3.3]), and CPVC (OR, 2.3 [95% CI, 1.4-3.9]).
Valve culture in patients with active LSIE is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality.
左心感染性心内膜炎(LSIE)心外科手术中切除的心组织培养有助于指导抗生素治疗。然而,阳性瓣膜培养的预后信息从未被探索过。
在 3 家三级中心连续诊断的 1078 例 LSIE 患者中,我们选择了阳性血培养、感染活跃期手术且手术生物组织培养的患者(n=429)。根据微生物学结果,我们构建了 2 个组:阴性瓣膜培养(n=218)和一致性阳性瓣膜培养(CPVC)(n=118)。我们比较了它们的主要特征,并进行了院内死亡率的多变量分析。
CPVC 组患者更倾向于医院获得性感染(32% vs 20%,P=.014),更易发生感染性休克(21% vs 11%,P=.007),风险评分(E 评分)更高(29% vs 21%,P=.023)。尽管手术更早(抗生素开始后 3 天 vs 11 天,P<0.001),但 CPVC 组的院内死亡率更高(35% vs 19%,P=.001)。CPVC 组中金黄色葡萄球菌(61% vs 42%,P=.001)和肠球菌(20% vs 9%,P=.002)更为常见,而链球菌则较少见(14% vs 42%,P<0.001)。院内死亡率的独立预测因素包括肾功能衰竭(比值比 [OR],2.6[95%置信区间 {CI},1.5-4.4])、假体(OR,1.9[95% CI,1.1-3.5])、金黄色葡萄球菌(OR,1.8[95% CI,1.02-3.3])和 CPVC(OR,2.3[95% CI,1.4-3.9])。
在活动性 LSIE 患者中,瓣膜培养是院内死亡率的独立预测因素。