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Table 2 Reported patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae

From: Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae

No, [ref]

Year

Sex, age

Valve

PMH

Days of symptoms

Source of infection

Diagnostic method

Valve surgery

Outcome

1 [Killen et al. 1970]

1970

M, 24

Aortic

NA

5

NA

NA

Yes

Died

2 [Killen 1970]

1970

F, 51

Tricuspid

NA

3

NA

NA

No

Died

3 [Buyn 1990]

1982

F, 71

Mitral

CHF

NA

Lung

No vegetations

No

Cure

4 [Ugolini et al. 1986]

1986

M, 50

Aortic

DM

5

Sinusitis

Clinical suspicion

No

Cure

5 [Bruyn et al. 1990]

1990

F, 71

Mitral

None

1

Lung

Clinical suspicion

No

Cure

6 [Aguado et al. 1993]

1993

M, 53

Aortic

NA

NA

Na

NA

Yes

Cure

7 [Aguado et al. 1993, 1993]

1993

F, 74

Mitral

None

1

Dental procedure

TEE

No

Cure

8 [Cunningham and Sinha 1995]

1994

M, 63

Aortic + mitral

Previous IE

14

-

Clinical suspicion

No

Cure

9 [Lefort 2000]

1994

F, 80

Aortic + mitral

Alcoholism DM

30

Unknown

TEE

Yes

Cure

10 [Lefort et al. 2000]

1994

F, 79

Aortic + mitral

None

NA

Lung

No vegetation

No

Cure

11 [Lefort et al. 2000]

1995

M, 73

Aortic

None

21

Lung

TEE

Yes

Died

12 [Cunningham and Sinha 1995]

1995

M, 63

Mitral

None

7

Unknown

Clinical suspicion

No

Cure

13 [Lefort et al. 2000]

1996

M, 58

Mitral

Alcoholism

46

Lung

TEE

No

Died

14 [Collazos et al. 1996]

1996

F, 61

Mitral

None

6

Unknown

TEE

No

Cure

15 [Claes et al. 2000]

1999

F, 61

Aortic + mitral

Atrial fib

NA

Lung

TEE

Yes

Cure

16 [O'Brien et al. 2011]

2011

F, 63

Aortic

Previous IE

-

-

Roth spots + BCs

No

Cure

17 Present patient #1

2013

F, 80

Mitral

None

NA

Unknown

TEE

No

Cure

  1. Atrial Fib, atrial fibrillation; BC, blood cultures; CHF, congestive heart failure; DM, diabetes mellitus; NA: data not available; PMH, past medical history; Present 1/2, Present case 1/2; TEE, transesophageal echocardiogram; Valve, infected mechanical or biological prosthetic valve. Patient no. 2 had endocarditis from both Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae.