Organism | PVE after surgical valve replacement[1-5] | PVE after TAVR[6,7] | ||
Number of cases (%) | Number of cases (%) | |||
<2 months postoperatively | 2 to 12 months postoperatively | >12 months postoperatively | ||
Streptococci* | 6 (2) | 6 (13) | 84 (30) | 46 (17) |
Pneumococci | – | – | <1% | – |
Enterococci | 20 (8) | 5 (11) | 31 (11) | 68 (25) |
Staphylococcus aureus | 75 (30) | 6 (13) | 62 (22) | 65 (24) |
Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 69 (28) | 17 (36) | 34 (12) | 57 (12) |
HACEK group¶ | – | – | 11 (4) | – |
Gram-negative bacilli | 26 (10) | 2 (4) | 13 (5) | 3 (1) |
Fungi (Candida species) | 22 (9) | 4 (8) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) |
Polymicrobial/miscellaneous | 7 (3) | 4 (8) | 12 (4) | 24 (9) |
Diphtheroids | 9 (4) | – | 5 (2) | – |
Culture negative | 16 (6) | 3 (6) | 27 (10) | 14 (5) |
Total number of cases | n = 250 cases | n = 47 cases | n = 282 cases | n = 275 |
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