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 Querido 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, Armelle Delahaye, Francois Vandenesch, Erwan Donal, Pierre Yves Donnio, Erwan Flecher, Christian Michelet, Matthieu Revest, Florent Chevalier, Antoine Jeu, Jean Paul Rémadi, Dan Rusinaru, Christophe Tribouilloy, Yvette Bernard, Catherine Chirouze, Bruno Hoen, Joel Leroy, Patrick Plesiat, Christoph Naber, Carl Neuerburg, Bahram Mazaheri, Giamarellou Helen, Athanasia Sofia, Deliolanis Ioannis, Tsaganos Thomas, Elena Mylona, Olga Paniara, Konstantinos Papanicolaou, John Pyros, Athanasios Skoutelis, Gautam Sharma, Johnson Francis, Lathi Nair, Vinod Thomas, Krishnan Venugopal, Margaret M. Hannan, John P. Hurley, Amos Cahan, Dan Gilon, Sarah Israel, Maya Korem, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, Irene Mattucci, Daniela Pinto, Federica Agrusta, Alessandra Senese, Enrico Ragone, Riccardo Utili, Enrico Cecchi, Francesco De Rosa, Davide Forno, Massimo Imazio, Rita Trinchero, Paolo Grossi, Mariangela Lattanzio, Antonio Toniolo, Antonio Goglio, Annibale Raglio, Veronica Ravasio, Marco Rizzi, Fredy Suter, Giampiero Carosi, Silvia Magri, Liana Signorini, Zeina Kanafani, Souha S. Kanj, Ahmad Sharif-Yakan, Imran Abidin, Syahidah Syed Tamin, Eduardo Rivera Martínez, Gabriel Israel Soto Nieto, Jan T.M. Van Der Meer, Stephen Chambers, David Holland, Arthur Morris, Nigel Raymond, Kerry Read, David R. Murdoch, Stefan Dragulescu, Adina Ionac, Cristian Mornos, O. M. Butkevich, Natalia Chipigina, Ozerecky Kirill, Kulichenko Vadim, Tatiana Vinogradova, Jameela Edathodu, Magid Halim, Yee Yun Liew, Ru San Tan, Tatjana Lejko-Zupanc, Mateja Logar, Manica Mueller-Premru, Patrick Commerford, Anita Commerford, Eduan Deetlefs, Cass Hansa, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Manuel Almela, Yolanda Armero, Manuel Azqueta, Ximena Castañeda, Carlos Cervera, Carlos Falces, Cristina Garcia-De-La-Maria, Guillermina Fita, Jose M. Gatell, Magda Heras, Jaime Llopis, Francesc Marco, Carlos A. Mestres, Asuncion Moreno, Salvador Ninot, Carlos Paré, Juan M. Pericas, Jose Ramirez, Irene Rovira, Marta Sitges, Ignasi Anguera, Bernat Font, Joan Raimon Guma, Javier Bermejo, Emilio Bouza, Maria Eugenia García Leoni, Jose Antonio García Robles, Victor González Ramallo, Ana Fernández Cruz, Martha Kestler, Mercedes Marín, Manuel Martínez Sellés, Hugo Rodríguez Abella, Jorge Rodríguez Roda, Rosa Ana López, Blanca Pinilla, Ángel Pinto, Maricela Valerio, Pilar Vázquez, Eduardo Verde, Benito Almirante, Arístides De Alarcón, Ricardo Parra, Eric Alestig, Magnus Johansson, Lars Olaison, Ulrika Snygg-Martin, Orathai Pachirat, Pimchitra Pachirat, Burabha Pussadhamma, Vichai Senthong, Anna Casey, Tom Elliott, Peter Lambert, Richard Watkin, Christina Eyton, John L. Klein, Carol Kauffman, Roger Bedimo, G. Ralph Corey, Anna Lisa Crowley, Pamela Douglas, Laura Drew, Vance G. Fowler, Thomas Holland, Tahaniyat Lalani, Daniel Mudrick, Zaniab Samad, Daniel Sexton, Martin Stryjewski, Andrew Wang, Christopher W. Woods, Stamatios Lerakis, Robert Cantey, Lisa Steed, Dannah Wray, Stuart A. Dickerman, Hector Bonilla, Joseph DiPersio, Sara Jane Salstrom, John Baddley, Mukesh Patel, Gail Peterson, Amy Stancoven, Donald Levine, Jonathan Riddle, Michael Rybak, Christopher H. Cabell, Khaula Baloch, Christy C. Dixon, Tina Harding, Marian Jones-Richmond, Lawrence P. Park, Bob Sanderford, Judy Stafford, Kevin Anstrom, A. W. Karchmer, Daniel J. Sexton, David T. Durack, Susannah Eykyn, Phillipe Moreillon, Daniel J. Sexton.

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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2365-2373
Number of pages9
JournalAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume59
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2015
Externally publishedYes

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