Candida infective endocarditis: An observational cohort study with a focus on therapy

Christopher J. Arnold; Melissa Johnson; Arnold S. Bayer; Suzanne Bradley; Efthymia Giannitsioti; José M. Miró; Pilar Tornos; Pierre Tattevin; Jacob Strahilevitz; Denis Spelman; Eugene Athan; Francisco Nacinovich; Claudio Q. Fortes; Cristiane Lamas; Bruno Barsic; Nuria Fernández-Hidalgo; Patricia Muñoz; Vivian H. Chu; Liliana Clara; Marisa Sanchez; José Casabé; Claudia Cortes; Pablo Fernandez Oses; Ricardo Ronderos; Adriana Sucari; Jorge Thierer; Javier Altclas; Silvia Kogan; Owen Harris; Karina Kennedy; Ren Tan; David Gordon; Lito Papanicolas; Tony Korman; Despina Kotsanas; Robyn Dever; Phillip Jones; Pam Konecny; Richard Lawrence; David Rees; Suzanne Ryan; Michael P. Feneley; John Harkness; Jeffrey Post; Porl Reinbott; Rainer Gattringer; Franz Wiesbauer; Adriana Ribas Andrade; Ana Cláudia Passos De Brito; Armenio Costa Guimarães; Max Grinberg; Alfredo José Mansur; Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano; Tania Mara Varejao Strabelli; Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira; Regina Aparecida De Medeiros Tranchesi; Marcelo Goulart Paiva; Claudio Q. Fortes; Auristela De Oliveira Ramos; Clara Weksler; Giovanna Ferraiuoli; Wilma Golebiovski; James A. Karlowsky; Yoav Keynan; Andrew M. Morris; Ethan Rubinstein; Sandra Braun Jones; Patricia Garcia; M. Cereceda; Alberto Fica; Rodrigo Montagna Mella; Ricardo Fernandez; Liliana Franco; Javier Gonzalez; Astrid Natalia Jaramillo; Suzana Bukovski; Vladimir Krajinovic; Ana Pangercic; Igor Rudez; Josip Vincelj; Tomas Freiberger; Jiri Pol; Barbora Zaloudikova; Zainab Ashour; Amani El Kholy; Marwa Mishaal; Dina Osama; Hussien Rizk; Neijla Aissa; Corentine Alauzet; Francois Alla; Catherine Campagnac; Thanh Doco-Lecompte; Christine Selton-Suty; Jean Paul Casalta; Pierre Edouard Fournier; Gilbert Habib; Didier Raoult; Franck Thuny; Francois Delahaye

doi:10.1128/AAC.04867-14

Candida infective endocarditis: An observational cohort study with a focus on therapy

Christopher J. Arnold, Melissa Johnson, Arnold S. Bayer, Suzanne Bradley, Efthymia Giannitsioti, José M. Miró, Pilar Tornos, Pierre Tattevin, Jacob Strahilevitz, Denis Spelman, Eugene Athan, Francisco Nacinovich, Claudio Q. Fortes, Cristiane Lamas, Bruno Barsic, Nuria Fernández-Hidalgo, Patricia Muñoz, Vivian H. Chu, Liliana Clara, Marisa SanchezJosé Casabé, Claudia Cortes, Pablo Fernandez Oses, Ricardo Ronderos, Adriana Sucari, Jorge Thierer, Javier Altclas, Silvia Kogan, Owen Harris, Karina Kennedy, Ren Tan, David Gordon, Lito Papanicolas, Tony Korman, Despina Kotsanas, Robyn Dever, Phillip Jones, Pam Konecny, Richard Lawrence, David Rees, Suzanne Ryan, Michael P. Feneley, John Harkness, Jeffrey Post, Porl Reinbott, Rainer Gattringer, Franz Wiesbauer, Adriana Ribas Andrade, Ana Cláudia Passos De Brito, Armenio Costa Guimarães, Max Grinberg, Alfredo José Mansur, Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano, Tania Mara Varejao Strabelli, Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira, Regina Aparecida De Medeiros Tranchesi, Marcelo Goulart Paiva, Claudio Q. Fortes, Auristela De Oliveira Ramos, Clara Weksler, Giovanna Ferraiuoli, Wilma Golebiovski, James A. Karlowsky, Yoav Keynan, Andrew M. Morris, Ethan Rubinstein, Sandra Braun Jones, Patricia Garcia, M. Cereceda, Alberto Fica, Rodrigo Montagna Mella, Ricardo Fernandez, Liliana Franco, Javier Gonzalez, Astrid Natalia Jaramillo, Suzana Bukovski, Vladimir Krajinovic, Ana Pangercic, Igor Rudez, Josip Vincelj, Tomas Freiberger, Jiri Pol, Barbora Zaloudikova, Zainab Ashour, Amani El Kholy, Marwa Mishaal, Dina Osama, Hussien Rizk, Neijla Aissa, Corentine Alauzet, Francois Alla, Catherine Campagnac, Thanh Doco-Lecompte, Christine Selton-Suty, Jean Paul Casalta, Pierre Edouard Fournier, Gilbert Habib, Didier Raoult, Franck Thuny, Francois Delahaye

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Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. Candida infective endocarditis is a rare disease with a high mortality rate. Our understanding of this infection is derived from case series, case reports, and small prospective cohorts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical features and use of different antifungal treatment regimens for Candida infective endocarditis. This prospective cohort study was based on 70 cases of Candida infective endocarditis from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis (ICE)-Prospective Cohort Study and ICE-Plus databases collected between 2000 and 2010. The majority of infections were acquired nosocomially (67%). Congestive heart failure (24%), prosthetic heart valve (46%), and previous infective endocarditis (26%) were common comorbidities. Overall mortality was high, with 36% mortality in the hospital and 59% at 1 year. On univariate analysis, older age, heart failure at baseline, persistent candidemia, nosocomial acquisition, heart failure as a complication, and intracardiac abscess were associated with higher mortality. Mortality was not affected by use of surgical therapy or choice of antifungal agent. A subgroup analysis was performed on 33 patients for whom specific antifungal therapy information was available. In this subgroup, 11 patients received amphotericin B-based therapy and 14 received echinocandin-based therapy. Despite a higher percentage of older patients and nosocomial infection in the echinocandin group, mortality rates were similar between the two groups. In conclusion, Candida infective endocarditis is associated with a high mortality rate that was not impacted by choice of antifungal therapy or by adjunctive surgical intervention. Additionally, echinocandin therapy was as effective as amphotericin B-based therapy in the small subgroup analysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2365-2373
Journal	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume	59
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.04867-14
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2015

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Arnold, C. J., Johnson, M., Bayer, A. S., Bradley, S., Giannitsioti, E., Miró, J. M., Tornos, P., Tattevin, P., Strahilevitz, J., Spelman, D., Athan, E., Nacinovich, F., Fortes, C. Q., Lamas, C., Barsic, B., Fernández-Hidalgo, N., Muñoz, P., Chu, V. H., Clara, L., ... Delahaye, F. (2015). Candida infective endocarditis: An observational cohort study with a focus on therapy. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 59(4), 2365-2373. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.04867-14

Arnold, Christopher J. ; Johnson, Melissa ; Bayer, Arnold S. ; Bradley, Suzanne ; Giannitsioti, Efthymia ; Miró, José M. ; Tornos, Pilar ; Tattevin, Pierre ; Strahilevitz, Jacob ; Spelman, Denis ; Athan, Eugene ; Nacinovich, Francisco ; Fortes, Claudio Q. ; Lamas, Cristiane ; Barsic, Bruno ; Fernández-Hidalgo, Nuria ; Muñoz, Patricia ; Chu, Vivian H. ; Clara, Liliana ; Sanchez, Marisa ; Casabé, José ; Cortes, Claudia ; Oses, Pablo Fernandez ; Ronderos, Ricardo ; Sucari, Adriana ; Thierer, Jorge ; Altclas, Javier ; Kogan, Silvia ; Harris, Owen ; Kennedy, Karina ; Tan, Ren ; Gordon, David ; Papanicolas, Lito ; Korman, Tony ; Kotsanas, Despina ; Dever, Robyn ; Jones, Phillip ; Konecny, Pam ; Lawrence, Richard ; Rees, David ; Ryan, Suzanne ; Feneley, Michael P. ; Harkness, John ; Post, Jeffrey ; Reinbott, Porl ; Gattringer, Rainer ; Wiesbauer, Franz ; Andrade, Adriana Ribas ; De Brito, Ana Cláudia Passos ; Guimarães, Armenio Costa ; Grinberg, Max ; Mansur, Alfredo José ; Siciliano, Rinaldo Focaccia ; Strabelli, Tania Mara Varejao ; Vieira, Marcelo Luiz Campos ; De Medeiros Tranchesi, Regina Aparecida ; Paiva, Marcelo Goulart ; Fortes, Claudio Q. ; De Oliveira Ramos, Auristela ; Weksler, Clara ; Ferraiuoli, Giovanna ; Golebiovski, Wilma ; Karlowsky, James A. ; Keynan, Yoav ; Morris, Andrew M. ; Rubinstein, Ethan ; Jones, Sandra Braun ; Garcia, Patricia ; Cereceda, M. ; Fica, Alberto ; Mella, Rodrigo Montagna ; Fernandez, Ricardo ; Franco, Liliana ; Gonzalez, Javier ; Jaramillo, Astrid Natalia ; Bukovski, Suzana ; Krajinovic, Vladimir ; Pangercic, Ana ; Rudez, Igor ; Vincelj, Josip ; Freiberger, Tomas ; Pol, Jiri ; Zaloudikova, Barbora ; Ashour, Zainab ; Kholy, Amani El ; Mishaal, Marwa ; Osama, Dina ; Rizk, Hussien ; Aissa, Neijla ; Alauzet, Corentine ; Alla, Francois ; Campagnac, Catherine ; Doco-Lecompte, Thanh ; Selton-Suty, Christine ; Casalta, Jean Paul ; Fournier, Pierre Edouard ; Habib, Gilbert ; Raoult, Didier ; Thuny, Franck ; Delahaye, Francois. / Candida infective endocarditis: An observational cohort study with a focus on therapy. In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2015 ; Vol. 59, No. 4. pp. 2365-2373.

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Candida infective endocarditis: An observational cohort study with a focus on therapy. / Arnold, Christopher J.; Johnson, Melissa; Bayer, Arnold S.; Bradley, Suzanne; Giannitsioti, Efthymia; Miró, José M.; Tornos, Pilar; Tattevin, Pierre; Strahilevitz, Jacob; Spelman, Denis; Athan, Eugene; Nacinovich, Francisco; Fortes, Claudio Q.; Lamas, Cristiane; Barsic, Bruno; Fernández-Hidalgo, Nuria; Muñoz, Patricia; Chu, Vivian H.; Clara, Liliana; Sanchez, Marisa; Casabé, José; Cortes, Claudia; Oses, Pablo Fernandez; Ronderos, Ricardo; Sucari, Adriana; Thierer, Jorge; Altclas, Javier; Kogan, Silvia; Harris, Owen; Kennedy, Karina; Tan, Ren; Gordon, David; Papanicolas, Lito; Korman, Tony; Kotsanas, Despina; Dever, Robyn; Jones, Phillip; Konecny, Pam; Lawrence, Richard; Rees, David; Ryan, Suzanne; Feneley, Michael P.; Harkness, John; Post, Jeffrey; Reinbott, Porl; Gattringer, Rainer; Wiesbauer, Franz; Andrade, Adriana Ribas; De Brito, Ana Cláudia Passos; Guimarães, Armenio Costa; Grinberg, Max; Mansur, Alfredo José; Siciliano, Rinaldo Focaccia; Strabelli, Tania Mara Varejao; Vieira, Marcelo Luiz Campos; De Medeiros Tranchesi, Regina Aparecida; Paiva, Marcelo Goulart; Fortes, Claudio Q.; De Oliveira Ramos, Auristela; Weksler, Clara; Ferraiuoli, Giovanna; Golebiovski, Wilma; Karlowsky, James A.; Keynan, Yoav; Morris, Andrew M.; Rubinstein, Ethan; Jones, Sandra Braun; Garcia, Patricia; Cereceda, M.; Fica, Alberto; Mella, Rodrigo Montagna; Fernandez, Ricardo; Franco, Liliana; Gonzalez, Javier; Jaramillo, Astrid Natalia; Bukovski, Suzana; Krajinovic, Vladimir; Pangercic, Ana; Rudez, Igor; Vincelj, Josip; Freiberger, Tomas; Pol, Jiri; Zaloudikova, Barbora; Ashour, Zainab; Kholy, Amani El; Mishaal, Marwa; Osama, Dina; Rizk, Hussien; Aissa, Neijla; Alauzet, Corentine; Alla, Francois; Campagnac, Catherine; Doco-Lecompte, Thanh; Selton-Suty, Christine; Casalta, Jean Paul; Fournier, Pierre Edouard; Habib, Gilbert; Raoult, Didier; Thuny, Franck; Delahaye, Francois.

In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Vol. 59, No. 4, 01.04.2015, p. 2365-2373.

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N2 - Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. Candida infective endocarditis is a rare disease with a high mortality rate. Our understanding of this infection is derived from case series, case reports, and small prospective cohorts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical features and use of different antifungal treatment regimens for Candida infective endocarditis. This prospective cohort study was based on 70 cases of Candida infective endocarditis from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis (ICE)-Prospective Cohort Study and ICE-Plus databases collected between 2000 and 2010. The majority of infections were acquired nosocomially (67%). Congestive heart failure (24%), prosthetic heart valve (46%), and previous infective endocarditis (26%) were common comorbidities. Overall mortality was high, with 36% mortality in the hospital and 59% at 1 year. On univariate analysis, older age, heart failure at baseline, persistent candidemia, nosocomial acquisition, heart failure as a complication, and intracardiac abscess were associated with higher mortality. Mortality was not affected by use of surgical therapy or choice of antifungal agent. A subgroup analysis was performed on 33 patients for whom specific antifungal therapy information was available. In this subgroup, 11 patients received amphotericin B-based therapy and 14 received echinocandin-based therapy. Despite a higher percentage of older patients and nosocomial infection in the echinocandin group, mortality rates were similar between the two groups. In conclusion, Candida infective endocarditis is associated with a high mortality rate that was not impacted by choice of antifungal therapy or by adjunctive surgical intervention. Additionally, echinocandin therapy was as effective as amphotericin B-based therapy in the small subgroup analysis.

AB - Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. Candida infective endocarditis is a rare disease with a high mortality rate. Our understanding of this infection is derived from case series, case reports, and small prospective cohorts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical features and use of different antifungal treatment regimens for Candida infective endocarditis. This prospective cohort study was based on 70 cases of Candida infective endocarditis from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis (ICE)-Prospective Cohort Study and ICE-Plus databases collected between 2000 and 2010. The majority of infections were acquired nosocomially (67%). Congestive heart failure (24%), prosthetic heart valve (46%), and previous infective endocarditis (26%) were common comorbidities. Overall mortality was high, with 36% mortality in the hospital and 59% at 1 year. On univariate analysis, older age, heart failure at baseline, persistent candidemia, nosocomial acquisition, heart failure as a complication, and intracardiac abscess were associated with higher mortality. Mortality was not affected by use of surgical therapy or choice of antifungal agent. A subgroup analysis was performed on 33 patients for whom specific antifungal therapy information was available. In this subgroup, 11 patients received amphotericin B-based therapy and 14 received echinocandin-based therapy. Despite a higher percentage of older patients and nosocomial infection in the echinocandin group, mortality rates were similar between the two groups. In conclusion, Candida infective endocarditis is associated with a high mortality rate that was not impacted by choice of antifungal therapy or by adjunctive surgical intervention. Additionally, echinocandin therapy was as effective as amphotericin B-based therapy in the small subgroup analysis.

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