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Infective endocarditis in children and adolescents: a different profile with clinical implications

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PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
卷 92, 期 5, 页码 1400-1406

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DOI: 10.1038/s41390-022-01959-3

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  1. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain [CM20/00104]

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This study compared pediatric and adult infective endocarditis (IE) in terms of clinical characteristics and outcomes, and found that most pediatric and adolescent IE patients had congenital heart disease (CHD), with a higher prevalence of right-sided location and a lower rate of heart failure compared to those without CHD. Pediatric and adolescent IE patients without CHD had a similar profile to IE in adults.
BACKGROUND: Our aim was to compare pediatric infective endocarditis (IE) with the clinical profile and outcomes of IE in adults. METHODS: Prospective multicenter registry in 31 Spanish hospitals including all patients with a diagnosis of IE from 2008 to 2020. RESULTS: A total of 5590 patients were included, 49 were <18 years (0.1%). Congenital heart disease (CHD) was present in 31 children and adolescents (63.2%). Right-sided location was more common in children/adolescents than in adults (46.9% vs. 6.3%, P < 0.001). Pediatric pulmonary IE was more frequent in patients with CHD (48.4%) than in those without (5.6%), P = 0.004. Staphylococcus aureus etiology tended to be more common in pediatric patients (32.7%) than in adults (22.3%), P = 0.082. Heart failure was less common in pediatric patients than in adults, due to the lower rate of heart failure in children/adolescents with CHD (9.6%) with respect to those without CHD (44.4%), P = 0.005. Inhospital mortality was high in both children, and adolescents and adults (16.3% vs. 25.9%; P = 0.126). CONCLUSIONS: Most IE cases in children and adolescents are seen in patients with CHD that have a more common right-sided location and a lower prevalence of heart failure than patients without CHD. IE in children and adolescents without CHD has a more similar profile to IE in adults.

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