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2. Benchmark exercise on image-based permeability determination of engineering textiles: Microscale predictions

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Syerko, E., Schmidt, T., May, D., Binetruy, C., Advani, S.G., Lomov, S., Silva, L., Abaimov, S., Aissa, N., Akhatov, I., Ali, M., Asiaban, N., Broggi, G., Bruchon, J., Caglar, B., Digonnet, H., Dittmann, J., Drapier, S., Endruweit, A., Guilloux, A., Kandinskii, R., Leygue, A., Mahato, B., Martínez-Lera, P., Matveev, M., Michaud, V., Middendorf, P., Moulin, N., Orgéas, L., Park, C.H., Rief, S., Rouhi, M., Sergeichev, I., Shakoor, M., Shishkina, O., Swolfs, Y., Tahani, M., Umer, R., Vanclooster, K., and Vorobyev, R.

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2023
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5. Global Existence of Weak Solutions to an Angiogenesis Model

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Aïssa, N., Alexandre, R., Bock, Hans Georg, Series editor, de Hoog, Frank, Series editor, Friedman, Avner, Series editor, Gupta, Arvind, Series editor, Nachbin, André, Series editor, Ozawa, Tohru, Series editor, Pulleyblank, William R., Series editor, Rusten, Torgeir, Series editor, Santosa, Fadil, Series editor, Seo, Jin Keun, Series editor, Tornberg, Anna-Karin, Series editor, Russo, Giovanni, editor, Capasso, Vincenzo, editor, Nicosia, Giuseppe, editor, and Romano, Vittorio, editor

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2016
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6. Influence of vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration on the outcome of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus left-sided infective endocarditis treated with antistaphylococcal β-lactam antibiotics: a prospective cohort study by the International Collaboration on Endocarditis

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Athan, E., Harris, O., Korman, T.M., Kotsanas, D., Jones, P., Reinbott, P., Ryan, S., Fortes, C.Q., Garcia, P., Jones, S.B., Barsic, B., Bukovski, S., Selton-Suty, C., Aissa, N., Doco-Lecompte, T., Delahaye, F., Vandenesch, F., Tattevin, P., Hoen, B., Plesiat, P., Giamarellou, H., Giannitsioti, E., Tarpatzi, E., Durante-Mangoni, E., Iossa, D., Orlando, S., Ursi, M.P., Pafundi, P.C., D' Amico, F., Bernardo, M., Cuccurullo, S., Dialetto, G., Covino, F.E., Manduca, S., Della Corte, A., De Feo, M., Tripodi, M.F., Baban, T., Kanafani, Z.A., Kanj, S.S., Sfeir, J., Yasmine, M., Morris, A., Murdoch, D.R., Premru, M.M., Lejko-Zupanc, T., Almela, M., Ambrosioni, J., Azqueta, M., Brunet, M., Cervera, C., De Lazzari, E., Falces, C., Fuster, D., Garcia-de-la-Mària, C., Garcia-Gonzalez, J., Gatell, J.M., Marco, F., Miró, J.M., Moreno, A., Ortiz, J., Ninot, S., Paré, J.C., Pericas, J.M., Quintana, E., Ramirez, J., Sandoval, E., Sitges, M., Tolosana, J.M., Vidal, B., Vila, J., Bouza, E., Muñoz, P., Rodríguez-Créixems, M., Ramallo, V., Bradley, S., Wray, D., Steed, L., Cantey, R., Peterson, G., Stancoven, A., Woods, C., Corey, G.R., Reller, L.B., Fowler, V.G., Jr., Chu, V.H., Baloch, K., Dixon, C.C., Harding, T., Jones-Richmond, M., Pappas, P., Park, L.P., Redick, T., Stafford, J., Anstrom, K., Bayer, A.S., Cabell, C.H., Karchmer, A.W., Sexton, D.J., Wang, A., Chu, V., Durack, D.T., Eykyn, S., Moreillon, P., Olaison, L., Raoult, D., Rubinstein, E., Pericàs, J.M., Messina, J.A., Park, L., Sharma-Kuinkel, B.K., and Carugati, M.

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2017
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8. Combined Bacterial Meningitis and Infective Endocarditis: When Should We Search for the Other When Either One is Diagnosed?

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Béraud, Guillaume, Tubiana, Sarah, Erpelding, Marie-Line, Le Moing, Vincent, Chirouze, Catherine, Gorenne, Isabelle, Manchon, Pauline, Tattevin, Pierre, Vernet, Veronique, Varon, Emmanuelle, Hoen, Bruno, Duval, Xavier, Obadia, J., Leport, C., Poyart, C., Revest, M., Selton-Suty, C., Strady, C., Vandenesch, F., Bernard, Y., Chocron, S., Plesiat, P., Abouliatim, I., de Place, C., Donnio, P., Alla, F., Carteaux, J., Doco-Lecompte, T., Lion, C., Aissa, N., Baehrel, B., Jaussaud, R., Nazeyrollas, P., Cambau, E., Iung, B., Nataf, P., Chidiac, C., Celard, M., Delahaye, F., Aumaître, H., Frappier, J., Oziol, E., Sotto, A., Sportouch, C., Bouvet, A., Bes, M., Abassade, P., Abrial, E., Acar, C., Alexandra, J., Amireche, N., Amrein, D., Andre, P., Appriou, M., Arnould, M., Atoui, A., Aziza, F., Baille, N., Bajolle, N., Battistella, P., Baumard, S., Ben Ali, A., Bertrand, J., Bialek, S., Bois Grosse, M., Boixados, M., Borlot, F., Bouchachi, A., Bouche, O., Bouchemal, S., Bourdon, J., Brasme, L., Bruntz, J., Cailhol, J., Caplan, M.P., Carette, B., Cartry, O., Cazorla, C., Chamagne, H., Champagne, H., Chanques, G., Chevalier, B., Chometon, F., Christophe, C., Colin de Verdiere, N., Daneluzzi, V., David, L., Danchin, N., de Lentdecker, P., Delcey, V., Deleuze, P., Deroure, B., Descotes-Genon, V., Didier Petit, K., Dinh, A., Doat, V., Duchene, F., Duhoux, F., Dupont, M., Ederhy, S., Epaulard, O., Evest, M., Faucher, J., Fauveau, E., Ferry, T., Fillod, M., Floch, T., Fraisse, T., Frapier, J., Freysz, L., Fumery, B., Gachot, B., Gallien, S., Garcon, P., Gaubert, A., Genoud, J., Ghiglione, S., Godreuil, C., Gandjbakhch, I., Grentzinger, A., Groben, L., Gherissi, D., Hagege, A., Hammoudi, N., Heliot, F., Henry, P., Houriez, P., Hustache-Mathieu, L., Huttin, O., Imbert, S., Jaureguiberry, S., Kaaki, M., Konate, A., Kuhn, J., Kural Menasche, S., Lafitte, A., Lafon, B., Lanternier, F., Le Chenault, V., Lechiche, C., Lefevre Thibaut, S., Lefort, A., Lemoine, J., Lepage, L., Lepousé, C., Leroy, J., Lesprit, P., Letranchant, L., Loncar, G., Lorentz, C., Magnin-Poull, I., Makinson, A., Man, H., Mansouri, M., Marçon, O., Maroni, J., Masse, V., Maurier, F., Mechaï, F., Merceron, O., Messika-Zeitoun, D., Metref, Z., Meyssonnier, V., Mezher, C., Micheli, S., Monsigny, M., Mouly, S., Mourvillier, B., Nallet, O., Nazerollas, P., Noel, V., Payet, B., Pelletier, A., Perez, P., Petit, J., Philippart, F., Piet, E., Plainvert, C., Popovic, B., Porte, J., Pradier, P., Ramadan, R., Richemond, J., Rodermann, M., Roncato, M., Roigt, I., Ruyer, O., Saada, M., Schwartz, J., Simon, M., Simorre, B., Skalli, S., Spatz, F., Sudrial, J., Tartiere, L., Terrier de La Chaize, A., Thiercelin, M., Thomas, D., Thomas, M., Toko, L., Tournoux, F., Tristan, A., Trouillet, J., Tual, L., Verdier, F., Vernet Garnier, V., Vidal, V., Weyne, P., Wolff, M., Wynckel, A., Zannad, N., Zinzius, P., Ploy, M.-C., Caron, F., Bollaert, P.-E., Gaillot, O., Taha, M.-K., Bonacorsi, S., Lecuit, M., Gravet, A., Frachet, B., Debroucker, T., Levy-Bruhl, D., Raffi, F., Preau, M., Anguel, N., Argaud, L., Arista, S., Armand-Lefevre, L., Balavoine, S., Baraduc, R., Barnaud, G., Bernard, L., Bernars, G., Bertei, D., Bessede, E., Billard Pomares, T., Biron, C., Bland, S., Boileau, J., Boubeau, P., Bourdon, S., Bousquet, A., Boyer, S., Bozorg-Grayeli, A., Bret, L., Bretonniere, C., Bricaire, F., Brocas, E., Brun, M., Buret, J., Burucoa, C., Cabalion, J., Cabon, M., Camuset, G., Canevet, C., Carricajo, A., Castan, B., Caumes, E., Cazanave, C., Chabrol, A., Challan-Belval, T., Chanteperdrix-Marillier, V., Chaplain, C., Charlier-Woerther, C., Chaussade, H., Clair, B., Colot, J., Conil, J.-M., Cordel, H., Cormier, P., Cousson, J., Cronier, P., Cua, E., Dao-Dubremetz, A., Dargere, S., Degand, N., Dekeyser, S., Delaune, D., Denes, E., Dequin, P.-F., Descamps, D., Descloux, E., Desmaretz, J.-L., Diehl, J.-L., Dimet, J., Escaut, L., Fabe, C., Faibis, F., Flateau, C., Fonsale, N., Forestier, E., Fortineau, N., Gagneux-Brunon, A., Garandeau, C., Garcia, M., Garot, D., Gaudry, S., Goehringer, F., Gregoire-Faucher, V., Grosset, M., Gubavu, C., Gueit, I., Guelon, D., Guimard, T., Guinard, J., Hadou, T., Helene, J.-P., Henard, S., Henry, B., Hochart, A.-C., Illes, G., Jaffuel, S., Jarrin, I., Jaureguy, F., Joseph, C., Juvin, M.-E., Kayal, S., Kerneis, S., Lacassin, F., Lamaury, I., Lanotte, P., Laurens, E., Laurichesse, H., Le Brun, C., Le Turnier, P., Lecuyer, H., Ledru, S., Legrix, C., Lemaignen, A., Lemble, C., Lemee, L., Lesens, O., Levast, M., Lhommet, C., Males, S., Malpote, E., Martin-Blondel, G., Marx, M., Masson, R., Matray, O., Mbadi, A., Mellon, G., Merens, A., Meyohas, M.-C., Michon, A., Mootien Yoganaden, J., Morquin, D., Mrozek, N., Nguyen, S., Nguyen, Y., Ogielska, M., Page, B., Patrat-Delon, S., Patry, I., Pechinot, A., Picot, S., Pierrejean, D., Piroth, L., Plassart, C., Plessis, P., Portel, L., Poubeau, P., Poupard, M., Prazuck, T., Quaesaet, L., Ramanantsoa, A., Rapp, C., Raskine, L., Raymond, J., Riche, A., Robaday-Voisin, S., Robin, F., Romaszko, J.-P., Rousseau, F., Roux, A.-L., Royer, C., Salmon, D., Saroufim, C., Schmit, J.-L., Sebire, M., Segonds, C., Sivadon-Tardy, V., Soismier, N., Son, O., Sunder, S., Suy, F., Tande, D., Tankovic, J., Valin, N., van Grunderbeeck, N., Verdon, R., Vergnaud, M., Vernet-Garnier, V., Vidal, M., Vitrat, V., Vittecoq, D., Vuotto, F., Laouenan, C., Marcault, E., Mentre, F., Pasquet, B., Roy, C., Centre hospitalier universitaire de Poitiers (CHU Poitiers), Centre d'investigation Clinique [CHU Bichat] - Épidémiologie clinique (CIC 1425), AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution (IAME (UMR_S_1137 / U1137)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Centre d'investigation clinique [Nancy] (CIC), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lorraine (UL), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], ARN régulateurs bactériens et médecine (BRM), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Centre d'investigation clinique - Epidémiologie clinique [Nancy] (CIC-EC), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lorraine (UL), CHU Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil (CHIC), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Physiologie & médecine expérimentale du Cœur et des Muscles [U 1046] (PhyMedExp), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and The AEPEI IE cohort was funded by a research grant from the French Ministry of Health (PHRC 2007), grants from the Société Française de Cardiologie, the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and Novartis France. The sponsor was Délégation à la Recherche Clinique et au Développement, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon. The COMBAT cohort was funded by Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Inserm, The French Society of Infectious Diseases (SPILF), and Pfizer Laboratory. It was also supported by the Observatoire de la Resistance du Pneumocoque (ORP) and Santé Publique France. The sponsor of the study and the funding sources had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation or writing of the report. The corresponding author had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit it for publication. The Rapid Service Fee was funded by the University Hospital of Poitiers, to which the corresponding author is affiliated.

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Microbiology (medical), Infectious Diseases, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Echocardiography, Austrian syndrome, Staphylococcus, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Bacterial meningitis, Streptococcus, Infective endocarditis
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International audience; Introduction: We aimed to describe patients with coexisting infective endocarditis (IE) and bacterial meningitis (BM).Methods: We merged two large prospective cohorts, an IE cohort and a BM cohort, with only cases of definite IE and community-acquired meningitis. We compared patients who had IE and BM concurrently to patients with IE only and BM only.Results: Among the 1030 included patients, we identified 42 patients with IE-BM (4.1%). Baseline characteristics of patients with IE-BM were mostly similar to those of patients with IE, but meningitis was the predominant presentation at admission (39/42, 92.3%). Causative pathogens were predominantly Streptococcus pneumoniae (18/42, 42.9%) and Staphylococcus aureus (14/42, 33.3%). All pneumococcal IE were associated with BM (18/18). BM due to oral and group D streptococci, Streptococcus agalactiae, and S. aureus were frequently associated with IE (14/30, 46.7%). Three-month mortality was 28.6% in patients with IE-BM, 20.5% in patients with IE, and 16.6% in patients with BM.Conclusions: Patients with pneumococcal IE or altered mental status during IE must be investigated for BM. Patients with S. aureus, oral and group D streptococcal or enterococcal BM, or unfavorable outcome in pneumococcal meningitis would benefit from an echocardiography. Patients with the dual infection have the worst prognosis. Their identification is mandatory to initiate appropriate treatment.

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2022

15. Prevalence of mupirocin resistance among invasive coagulase-negative staphylococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in France: emergence of a mupirocin-resistant MRSA clone harbouring mupA

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Desroches, Marine, Potier, Julien, Laurent, Frédéric, Bourrel, Anne-Sophie, Doucet-Populaire, Florence, Decousser, Jean-Winoc, Archambaud, M., Aubert, G., Biendo, M., Blanchard-Marche, G., Bonnet, R., Robin, F., Bourgeois-Nicolaos, N., Bret, L., Caillon, J., Caron, F., Cattoen, C., Chachaty, E., Courtade, H., Eloy, C., Etienne, J., Vandenesch, F., Fiacre, A., Girard-Pipau, F., Buisson-Touati, C., Jean-Pierre, H., Jehl, F., Leclercq, R., Cattoir, V., Lavigne, J. P., Lina, G., Loiez-Durocher, C., Lozniewski, A., Aissa, N., Maurin, M., Morand, P., Nicolas-Chanoine, M. H., Nordmann, P., Fortineau, N., Patry, I., Plouzeau-Jayle, C., Ploy, M. C., Rostane, H., Roussel-Gaillard, T., Rio, Y., Tankovic, J., Texier-Maugein, J., and Vernet-Garnier, V.

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2013
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17. Antistaphylococcal penicillins vs. cefazolin in the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis: a quasi-experimental monocentre study.

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Lefèvre, B., Hoen, B., Goehringer, F., Sime, W. Ngueyon, Aissa, N., Alauzet, C., Jeanmaire, E., Hénard, S., Filippetti, L., Selton-Suty, C., and Agrinier, N.

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CEFAZOLIN, INFECTIVE endocarditis, STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus, ACUTE kidney failure, SURVIVAL rate, MORTALITY
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Whether cefazolin is as effective and safer than antistaphylococcal penicillins (ASPs) for the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infective endocarditis (IE) is still debated in the absence of a randomized controlled trial. In this quasi-experimental study, we aimed to assess the effectiveness and safety of these two treatments in MSSA-IE, using the ASPs nationwide shortage in April 2016 as a unique opportunity to overcome the indication bias associated with observational studies. In this single-centre study, we compared patients with Duke-Li definite MSSA-IE treated with ASPs from January 2015 to March 2016 versus those treated with cefazolin from April 2016 to December 2018, when ASPs were not available. Effectiveness outcome was 90-day all-cause mortality. Safety outcomes included significant decrease in GFR and significant increase in serum liver enzymes. Logrank test was used to compare survival rates. Of 73 patients with MSSA-IE, 35 and 38 were treated with ASPs and cefazolin, respectively. Baseline patients' characteristics (demography, native or prosthetic valve IE, clinical characteristics, cardiac and septic complications) were similar between groups. Ninety-day all-cause mortality was 28.6% and 21.1%, in patients treated with ASPs and cefazolin, respectively (logrank p = 0.5727). There was no difference between groups for incident renal or liver toxicity events: acute kidney injury 45.7% vs. 44.7% (p = 0.933), increased ALT 5.7% vs. 13.2% (p = 0.432), bilirubin increase 5.7% vs. 10.5% (p = 0.676), in ASPs vs. cefazolin groups, respectively. In this quasi-experimental, effectiveness and safety did not statistically differ between ASPs and cefazolin for MSSA-IE treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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19. Simple Scoring System to Predict In‐Hospital Mortality After Surgery for Infective Endocarditis

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Gatti, Giuseppe, Perrotti, Andrea, Obadia, Jean-François, Duval, Xavier, Iung, Bernard, Alla, François, Chirouze, Catherine, Selton-Suty, Christine, Hoen, Bruno, Sinagra, Gianfranco, Delahaye, François, Tattevin, Pierre, Le Moing, Vincent, Pappalardo, Aniello, Chocron, Sidney, Hoen, B., Duval, X., Alla, F., Bouvet, A., Briancon, S., Cambau, E., Celard, M., Chirouze, C., Danchin, N., Doco-Lecompte, T., Delahaye, F., Etienne, J., Iung, B., Le Moing, V., Obadia, J. F., Leport, C., Poyart, C., Revest, M., Selton-Suty, C., Strady, C., Tattevin, P., Vandenesch, F., Bernard, Y., Chocron, S., Plesiat, P., Abouliatim, I., De Place, C., Donnio, P. Y., Carteaux, J. P., Lion, C., Aissa, N., Baehrel, B., Jaussaud, R., Nazeyrollas, P., Vernet, V., Nataf, P., Chidiac, C., Aumaître, H., Frappier, J. M., Oziol, E., Sotto, A., Sportouch, C., Bes, M., Abassade, P., Abrial, E., Acar, C., Alexandra, J. F., Amireche, N., Amrein, D., Andre, P., Appriou, M., Arnould, M. A., Assayag, P., Atoui, A., Aziza, F., Baille, N., Bajolle, N., Battistella, P., Baumard, S., Ben Ali, A., Bertrand, J., Bialek, S., Bois Grosse, M., Boixados, M., Borlot, F., Bouchachi, A., Bouche, O., Bouchemal, S., Bourdon, J. L., Brasme, L., Bricaire, F., Brochet, E., Bruntz, J. F., Cady, A., Cailhol, J., Caplan, M. P., Carette, B., Cartry, O., Cazorla, C., Chamagne, H., Champagne, H., Chanques, G., Chastre, J., Chevalier, B., Chometon, F., Christophe, C., Cohen, A., Colin de Verdiere, N., DANELUZZI, VALERIA, David, L., De Lentdecker, P., Delcey, V., Deleuze, P., Donal, E., Deroure, B., Descotes-Genon, V., Didier Petit, K., Dinh, A., Doat, V., Duchene, F., Duhoux, F., Dupont, M., Ederhy, S., Epaulard, O., Evest, M., Faucher, J. F., FANTIN, BARBARA, Fauveau, E., Ferry, T., Fillod, M., Floch, T., Fraisse, T., Frapier, J. M., Freysz, L., Fumery, B., Gachot, B., Gallien, S., Gandjbach, I., Garcon, P., Gaubert, A., Genoud, J. L., Ghiglione, S., Godreuil, C., Grentzinger, A., Groben, L., Gherissi, D., Guéret, P., Hagege, A., Hammoudi, N., Heliot, F., Henry, P., Herson, S., Houriez, P., Hustache-Mathieu, L., Huttin, O., Imbert, S., Jaureguiberry, S., Kaaki, M., Konate, A., Kuhn, J. M., Kural Menasche, S., Lafitte, A., Lafon, B., Lanternier, F., Le Chenault, V., Lechiche, C., Lefèvre-Thibaut, S., Lefort, A., Leguerrier, A., Lemoine, J., Lepage, L., Lepouse', C., Leroy, J., Lesprit, P., Letranchant, L., Loisance, D., Loncar, G., Lorentz, C., Mabo, P., Magnin-Poull, I., May, T., Makinson, A., Man, H., Mansouri, M., Marxcon, O., Maroni, J. P., Masse, V., Maurier, F., Meyohas, M. C., Michel, P. L., Michelet, C., Mechaï, F., Merceron, O., Messika-Zeitoun, D., Metref, Z., Meyssonnier, V., Mezher, C., Micheli, S., Monsigny, M., Mouly, S., Mourvillier, B., Nallet, O., Noel, V., Papo, T., Payet, B., Pelletier, A., Perez, P., Petit, J. S., Philippart, F., Piet, E., Plainvert, C., Popovic, B., Porte, J. M., Pradier, P., Ramadan, R., Richemond, J., Rodermann, M., Roncato, M., Roigt, I., Ruyer, O., Saada, M., Schwartz, J., Simon, M., Simorre, B., Skalli, S., Spatz, F., Sudrial, J., Tartiere, L., Terrier De La Chaise, A., Thiercelin, M. C., Thomas, D., Thomas, M., Toko, L., Tournoux, F., Tristan, A., Trouillet, J. L., Tual, L., Vahanian, A., Verdier, F., Vernet Garnier, V., vidal, valentina, Weyne, P., Wolff, M., Wynckel, A., Zannad, N., Zinzius, P. Y., University hospital of Trieste, Marqueurs pronostiques et facteurs de régulations des pathologies cardiaques et vasculaires - UFC ( UR 3920) (PCVP / CARDIO), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Hôpital Louis Pradel [CHU - HCL], Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution (IAME (UMR_S_1137 / U1137)), Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CIC Bichat (CIC1425), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), DHU FIRE Centre de compétence des maladies pulmonaires rares, Service de cardiologie, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Maladies chroniques, santé perçue, et processus d'adaptation (APEMAC), Université de Lorraine (UL), Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon), Institut Lorrain du Coeur et des Vaisseaux Louis Mathieu [Nancy], Service de Cardiologie [CHRU Nancy], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales [Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe], CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe], Service des maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale [Rennes] = Infectious Disease and Intensive Care [Rennes], CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Recherches Translationnelles sur le VIH et les maladies infectieuses endémiques et émergentes (TransVIHMI), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université de Yaoundé I-Université Cheikh Anta Diop [Dakar, Sénégal] (UCAD)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Dr Duval reports grants from Pfizer Inc (New York, NY) outside the submitted work, Association for the Study and Prevention of Infective Endocarditis Study Group–Association pour l’ Etude et la Prevention de l’Endocadite Infectieuse, Modèles et méthodes de l'évaluation thérapeutique des maladies chroniques (U738 / UMR_S738), Université Paris Diderot - 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F., Leport, C., Poyart, C., Revest, M., Selton-Suty, C., Strady, C., Tattevin, P., Vandenesch, F., Bernard, Y., Chocron, S., Plesiat, P., Abouliatim, I., De Place, C., Donnio, P. Y., Carteaux, J. P., Lion, C., Aissa, N., Baehrel, B., Jaussaud, R., Nazeyrollas, P., Vernet, V., Nataf, P., Chidiac, C., Aumaître, H., Frappier, J. M., Oziol, E., Sotto, A., Sportouch, C., Bes, M., Abassade, P., Abrial, E., Acar, C., Alexandra, J. F., Amireche, N., Amrein, D., Andre, P., Appriou, M., Arnould, M. A., Assayag, P., Atoui, A., Aziza, F., Baille, N., Bajolle, N., Battistella, P., Baumard, S., Ben Ali, A., Bertrand, J., Bialek, S., Bois Grosse, M., Boixados, M., Borlot, F., Bouchachi, A., Bouche, O., Bouchemal, S., Bourdon, J. L., Brasme, L., Bricaire, F., Brochet, E., Bruntz, J. F., Cady, A., Cailhol, J., Caplan, M. 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M., Kural Menasche, S., Lafitte, A., Lafon, B., Lanternier, F., Le Chenault, V., Lechiche, C., Lefèvre-Thibaut, S., Lefort, A., Leguerrier, A., Lemoine, J., Lepage, L., Lepouse', C., Leroy, J., Lesprit, P., Letranchant, L., Loisance, D., Loncar, G., Lorentz, C., Mabo, P., Magnin-Poull, I., May, T., Makinson, A., Man, H., Mansouri, M., Marxcon, O., Maroni, J. P., Masse, V., Maurier, F., Meyohas, M. C., Michel, P. L., Michelet, C., Mechaï, F., Merceron, O., Messika-Zeitoun, D., Metref, Z., Meyssonnier, V., Mezher, C., Micheli, S., Monsigny, M., Mouly, S., Mourvillier, B., Nallet, O., Noel, V., Papo, T., Payet, B., Pelletier, A., Perez, P., Petit, J. S., Philippart, F., Piet, E., Plainvert, C., Popovic, B., Porte, J. M., Pradier, P., Ramadan, R., Richemond, J., Rodermann, M., Roncato, M., Roigt, I., Ruyer, O., Saada, M., Schwartz, J., Simon, M., Simorre, B., Skalli, S., Spatz, F., Sudrial, J., Tartiere, L., Terrier De La Chaise, A., Thiercelin, M. C., Thomas, D., Thomas, M., Toko, L., Tournoux, F., Tristan, A., Trouillet, J. L., Tual, L., Vahanian, A., Verdier, F., Vernet Garnier, V., Vidal, Valentina, Weyne, P., Wolff, M., Wynckel, A., Zannad, N., Zinzius, P. 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Subjects
Male, Time Factors, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Infective endocarditi, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Logistic regression, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, pulmonary hypertension, Odds Ratio, Cardiac valvular surgery, Hospital Mortality, Prospective Studies, 030212 general & internal medicine, Treatment outcome, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Original Research, Cardiovascular Surgery, Framingham Risk Score, Endocarditis, [ SDV.SPEE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Middle Aged, Critical care, Infective endocarditis, Mortality, Predictors, Pulmonary hypertension, Quality control, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiac surgery, Europe, Treatment Outcome, Area Under Curve, Female, Mortality/Survival, medicine.medical_specialty, Renal function, Risk Assessment, Decision Support Techniques, 03 medical and health sciences, Predictive Value of Tests, medicine, Humans, Infectious Endocarditis, quality control, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Risk factor, Aged, Chi-Square Distribution, Receiver operating characteristic, infective endocarditis, business.industry, Odds ratio, cardiac valvular surgery, medicine.disease, mortality, Surgery, critical care, predictors, Logistic Models, ROC Curve, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Valvular Heart Disease, Multivariate Analysis, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, business, Predictor
Abstract

Background Aspecific scoring systems are used to predict the risk of death postsurgery in patients with infective endocarditis ( IE ). The purpose of the present study was both to analyze the risk factors for in‐hospital death, which complicates surgery for IE , and to create a mortality risk score based on the results of this analysis. Methods and Results Outcomes of 361 consecutive patients (mean age, 59.1±15.4 years) who had undergone surgery for IE in 8 European centers of cardiac surgery were recorded prospectively, and a risk factor analysis (multivariable logistic regression) for in‐hospital death was performed. The discriminatory power of a new predictive scoring system was assessed with the receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Score validation procedures were carried out. Fifty‐six (15.5%) patients died postsurgery. BMI >27 kg/m 2 (odds ratio [ OR ], 1.79; P =0.049), estimated glomerular filtration rate OR , 3.52; P IV ( OR , 2.11; P =0.024), systolic pulmonary artery pressure >55 mm Hg ( OR , 1.78; P =0.032), and critical state ( OR , 2.37; P =0.017) were independent predictors of in‐hospital death. A scoring system was devised to predict in‐hospital death postsurgery for IE (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.780; 95% CI, 0.734–0.822). The score performed better than 5 of 6 scoring systems for in‐hospital death after cardiac surgery that were considered. Conclusions A simple scoring system based on risk factors for in‐hospital death was specifically created to predict mortality risk postsurgery in patients with IE .

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2017

20. Influence of Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration on the Outcome of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Left-Sided Infective Endocarditis Treated with Anti-staphylococcal Beta-Lactam Antibiotics; a Prospective Cohort Study by the International Collaboration on Endocarditis

Author

Athan, E., Harris, O., Korman, T. M., Kotsanas, D., Jones, P., Reinbott, P., Ryan, S., Fortes, C. Q., Garcia, P., Jones, S. B., Barsic, B., Bukovski, S., Selton-Suty, C., Aissa, N., Doco-Lecompte, T., Delahaye, F., Vandenesch, F., Tattevin, P., Hoen, B., Plesiat, P., Giamarellou, H., Giannitsioti, E., Tarpatzi, E., Durante-Mangoni, E., Iossa, D., Orlando, S., Ursi, M. P., Pafundi, P. C., D' Amico, F., Bernardo, M., Cuccurullo, S., Dialetto, G., Covino, F. E., Manduca, S., Della Corte, A., De Feo, M., Tripodi, M. F., Baban, T., Kanafani, Z. A., Kanj, S. S., Sfeir, J., Yasmine, M., Morris, A., Murdoch, D. R., Premru, M. M., Lejko-Zupanc, T., Almela, M., Ambrosioni, J., Azqueta, M., Brunet, M., Cervera, C., De Lazzari, E., Falces, C., Fuster, D., Garcia-de-la-Maria, C., Garcia-Gonzalez, J., Gatell, J. M., Marco, F., Miro, J. M., Moreno, A., Ortiz, J., Ninot, S., Pare, J. C., Pericas, J. M., Quintana, E., Ramirez, J., Sandoval, E., Sitges, M., Tolosana, J. M., Vidal, B., Vila, J., Bouza, E., Rodriguez-Creixems, M., Ramallo, V., Bradley, S., Wray, D., Steed, L., Cantey, R., Peterson, G., Stancoven, A., Woods, C., Corey, G. R., Reller, L. B., Fowler, V. G., Chu, V. H., Messina, J. A., Park, L., Sharma-Kuinkel, B. K., Carugati, M., Munoz, P., Baloch, K., Dixon, C. C., Harding, T., Jones-Richmond, M., Pappas, P., Park, L. P., Redick, T., Stafford, J., Anstrom, K., Bayer, A. S., Cabell, C. H., Karchmer, A. W., Sexton, D. J., Wang, A., Chu, V., Durack, D. T., Eykyn, S., Moreillon, P., Olaison, L., Raoult, D., Rubinstein, E., Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Duke University Medical Center, University of Barcelona, Medical University of South Carolina [Charleston] (MUSC), American University of Beirut [Beyrouth] (AUB), Service des maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale [Rennes] = Infectious Disease and Intensive Care [Rennes], CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Université de Tsukuba = University of Tsukuba, Pericàs, J M, Messina, J A, Garcia-de-la-Mària, C, Park, L, Sharma-Kuinkel, B K, Marco, F, Wray, D, Kanafani, Z A, Carugati, M, Durante Mangoni, E, Tattevin, P, Chu, V H, Moreno, A, Fowler, V G, Miró, J M, De Feo, Marisa, Athan, E11, Harris, O11, Korman, Tm12, Kotsanas, D13, Jones, P14, Reinbott, P14, Ryan, S14, Fortes, Cq15, Garcia, P16, Jones, Sb16, Barsic, B17, Bukovski, S17, Selton-Suty, C18, Aissa, N18, Doco-Lecompte, T18, Delahaye, F19, Vandenesch, F19, Tattevin, P20, Hoen, B21, Plesiat, P21, Giamarellou, H22, Giannitsioti, E22, Tarpatzi, E22, Durante-Mangoni, E23, Iossa, D23, Orlando, S23, Ursi, Mp23, Pafundi, Pc23, D' Amico, F23, Bernardo, M23, Cuccurullo, S23, Dialetto, G23, Covino, Fe23, Manduca, S23, DELLA CORTE, Alessandro, De Feo, M23, Tripodi, Mf24, Baban, T25, Kanafani, Za25, Kanj, Ss25, Sfeir, J25, Yasmine, M25, Morris, A26, Murdoch, Dr27, Premru, Mm28, Lejko-Zupanc, T28, Almela, M29, Ambrosioni, J29, Azqueta, M29, Brunet, M29, Cervera, C29, De Lazzari, E29, Falces, C29, Fuster, D29, Garcia-de-la-Mària, C29, Garcia-Gonzalez, J29, Gatell, Jm29, Marco, F29, Miró, Jm29, Moreno, A29, Ortiz, J29, Ninot, S29, Paré, Jc29, Pericas, Jm29, Quintana, E29, Ramirez, J29, Sandoval, E29, Sitges, M29, Tolosana, Jm29, Vidal, B29, Vila, J29, Bouza, E30, Muñoz, P, Rodríguez-Créixems, M30, Ramallo, V30, Bradley, S31, Wray, D32, Steed, L32, Cantey, R32, Peterson, G33, Stancoven, A33, Woods, C34, Corey, Gr34, Reller, Lb34, Fowler VG, Jr34, Chu, Vh34, Baloch, K, Chu, Vh, Corey, Gr, Dixon, Cc, Fowler VG, Jr, Harding, T, Jones-Richmond, M, Pappas, P, Park, Lp, Redick, T, Stafford, J, Anstrom, K, Athan, E, Bayer, A, Cabell, Ch, Hoen, B, Karchmer, Aw, Miró, Jm, Murdoch, Dr, Sexton, Dj, Wang, A, Chu, V, Durack, Dt, Eykyn, S, Moreillon, P, Olaison, L, Raoult, D, Rubinstein, E, and Sexton, Dj.

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Male, medicine.disease_cause, 0302 clinical medicine, 80 and over, Medicaments antibacterians, 030212 general & internal medicine, Endocarditi, Prospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, Endocarditis, Bacterial, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Staphylococcal Infections, 3. Good health, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Fenotip, Infectious Diseases, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Treatment Outcome, Phenotype, Staphylococcus aureus, Infective endocarditis, Staphylococcus aureu, Vancomycin, Genotype, Vancomycin MIC, Adult, Aged, Endocarditis, Bacterial, Female, Humans, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Molecular Typing, Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction, Survival Analysis, Virulence Factors, beta-Lactams, medicine.drug, Microbiology (medical), 030106 microbiology, Biology, Staphylococcal infections, Article, Microbiology, 03 medical and health sciences, Minimum inhibitory concentration, medicine, Etest, Endocarditis Staphylococcus aureus, biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition, medicine.disease, Antibacterial agents, Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus
Abstract

Objectives: Left-sided methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) endocarditis treated with cloxacillin has a poorer prognosis when the vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) is >= 1.5 mg/L. We aimed to validate this using the International Collaboration on Endocarditis cohort and to analyse whether specific genetic characteristics were associated with a high vancomycin MIC (> 1.5mg/L) phenotype.Methods: All patients with left-sided MSSA infective endocarditis treated with antistaphylococcal beta-lactam antibiotics between 2000 and 2006 with available isolates were included. Vancomycin MIC was determined by Etest as either high (>= 1.5 mg/L) or low (

Published
2017

22. Influence of vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration on the outcome of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus left-sided infective endocarditis treated with antistaphylococcal beta-lactam antibiotics: a prospective cohort study by the International Collaboration on Endocarditis.

Author

Ambrosioni J., Covino F.E., Manduca S., Della Corte A., De Feo M., Tripodi M.F., Baban T., Kanj S.S., Sfeir J., Yasmine M., Morris A., Murdoch D.R., Premru M.M., Lejko-Zupanc T., Almela M., Azqueta M., Brunet M., Cervera C., De Lazzari E., Falces C., Fuster D., Garcia-Gonzalez J., Gatell J.M., Ortiz J., Ninot S., Pare J.C., Quintana E., Ramirez J., Sandoval E., Sitges M., Tolosana J.M., Vidal B., Vila J., Bouza E., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Ramallo V., Bradley S., Steed L., Cantey R., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Woods C., Reller L.B., Pericas J.M., Garcia-de-la-Maria C., Moreno A., Marco F., Sharma-Kuinkel B.K., Carugati M., Messina J.A., Park L., Wray D., Kanafani Z.A., Tattevin P., Munoz P., Baloch K., Dixon C.C., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Pappas P., Park L.P., Redick T., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Athan E., Chu V.H., Karchmer A.W., Wang A., Bayer A.S., Cabell C.H., Chu V., Corey G.R., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Fowler V.G., Hoen B., Miro J.M., Sexton D.J., Moreillon P., Olaison L., Raoult D., Rubinstein E., Harris O., Korman T.M., Kotsanas D., Jones P., Reinbott P., Ryan S., Fortes C.Q., Garcia P., Jones S.B., Barsic B., Bukovski S., Selton-Suty C., Aissa N., Doco-Lecompte T., Delahaye F., Vandenesch F., Plesiat P., Giamarellou H., Giannitsioti E., Tarpatzi E., Durante-Mangoni E., Iossa D., Orlando S., Ursi M.P., Pafundi P.C., D' Amico F., Bernardo M., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Ambrosioni J., Covino F.E., Manduca S., Della Corte A., De Feo M., Tripodi M.F., Baban T., Kanj S.S., Sfeir J., Yasmine M., Morris A., Murdoch D.R., Premru M.M., Lejko-Zupanc T., Almela M., Azqueta M., Brunet M., Cervera C., De Lazzari E., Falces C., Fuster D., Garcia-Gonzalez J., Gatell J.M., Ortiz J., Ninot S., Pare J.C., Quintana E., Ramirez J., Sandoval E., Sitges M., Tolosana J.M., Vidal B., Vila J., Bouza E., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Ramallo V., Bradley S., Steed L., Cantey R., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Woods C., Reller L.B., Pericas J.M., Garcia-de-la-Maria C., Moreno A., Marco F., Sharma-Kuinkel B.K., Carugati M., Messina J.A., Park L., Wray D., Kanafani Z.A., Tattevin P., Munoz P., Baloch K., Dixon C.C., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Pappas P., Park L.P., Redick T., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Athan E., Chu V.H., Karchmer A.W., Wang A., Bayer A.S., Cabell C.H., Chu V., Corey G.R., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Fowler V.G., Hoen B., Miro J.M., Sexton D.J., Moreillon P., Olaison L., Raoult D., Rubinstein E., Harris O., Korman T.M., Kotsanas D., Jones P., Reinbott P., Ryan S., Fortes C.Q., Garcia P., Jones S.B., Barsic B., Bukovski S., Selton-Suty C., Aissa N., Doco-Lecompte T., Delahaye F., Vandenesch F., Plesiat P., Giamarellou H., Giannitsioti E., Tarpatzi E., Durante-Mangoni E., Iossa D., Orlando S., Ursi M.P., Pafundi P.C., D' Amico F., Bernardo M., Cuccurullo S., and Dialetto G.

Abstract

Objectives Left-sided methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) endocarditis treated with cloxacillin has a poorer prognosis when the vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) is >=1.5 mg/L. We aimed to validate this using the International Collaboration on Endocarditis cohort and to analyse whether specific genetic characteristics were associated with a high vancomycin MIC (>=1.5 mg/L) phenotype. Methods All patients with left-sided MSSA infective endocarditis treated with antistaphylococcal beta-lactam antibiotics between 2000 and 2006 with available isolates were included. Vancomycin MIC was determined by Etest as either high (>=1.5 mg/L) or low (<1.5 mg/L). Isolates underwent spa typing to infer clonal complexes and multiplex PCR for identifying virulence genes. Univariate analysis was performed to evaluate the association between in-hospital and 1-year mortality, and vancomycin MIC phenotype. Results Sixty-two cases met the inclusion criteria. Vancomycin MIC was low in 28 cases (45%) and high in 34 cases (55%). No significant differences in patient demographic data or characteristics of infection were observed between patients with infective endocarditis due to high and low vancomycin MIC isolates. Isolates with high and low vancomycin MIC had similar distributions of virulence genes and clonal lineages. In-hospital and 1-year mortality did not differ significantly between the two groups (32% (9/28) vs. 27% (9/34), p 0.780; and 43% (12/28) vs. 29% (10/34), p 0.298, for low and high vancomycin MIC respectively). Conclusions In this international cohort of patients with left-sided MSSA endocarditis treated with antistaphylococcal beta-lactams, vancomycin MIC phenotype was not associated with patient demographics, clinical outcome or virulence gene repertoire.Copyright © 2017 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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2017

23. N-oleoyldopamine modulates activity of midbrain dopaminergic neurons through multiple mechanisms

Author

Roberto De Luca, Andreas Bauer, Helmut L. Haas, Aissa N. Chepkova, Karolina Mazur, and Olga A. Sergeeva

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0301 basic medicine, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase, Dopamine, Dopamine Agents, Action Potentials, TRPV Cation Channels, Substantia nigra, Mice, Transgenic, Pharmacology, 03 medical and health sciences, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Mice, 0302 clinical medicine, Piperidines, Mesencephalon, Dopamine receptor D2, medicine, Animals, Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists, Dopamine transporter, Acrylamides, Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, biology, Chemistry, Pars compacta, Dopaminergic Neurons, Dopaminergic, Age Factors, Neural Inhibition, Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic, Ventral tegmental area, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Luminescent Proteins, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, nervous system, Animals, Newborn, biology.protein, Pyrazoles, Catecholaminergic cell groups, Neuroscience, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, medicine.drug
Abstract

N-oleoyl-dopamine (OLDA) is an amide of dopamine and oleic acid, synthesized in catecholaminergic neurons. The present study investigates OLDA targets in midbrain dopaminergic (DA) neurons. Substantia Nigra compacta (SNc) DA neurons recorded in brain slices were excited by OLDA in wild type mice. In transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) knockout (KO) mice, however, SNc DA neurons displayed sustained inhibition of firing. In the presence of the dopamine type 2 receptor (D2R) antagonist sulpiride or the dopamine transporter blocker nomifensine no such inhibition was observed. Under sulpiride OLDA slightly excited SNc DA neurons, an action abolished upon combined application of the cannabinoid1 and 2 receptor antagonists AM251 and AM630. In ventral tegmental area (VTA) DA neurons from TRPV1 KO mice a transient inhibition of firing by OLDA was observed. Thus OLDA modulates the firing of nigrostriatal DA neurons through interactions with TRPV1, cannabinoid receptors and dopamine uptake. These findings suggest further development of OLDA-like tandem molecules for the treatment of movement disorders including Parkinson's disease.

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2016

25. Influence of vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration on the outcome of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus left-sided infective endocarditis treated with antistaphylococcal β-lactam antibiotics: a prospective cohort study by the International Collaboration on Endocarditis

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Pericàs, J.M., primary, Messina, J.A., additional, Garcia-de-la-Mària, C., additional, Park, L., additional, Sharma-Kuinkel, B.K., additional, Marco, F., additional, Wray, D., additional, Kanafani, Z.A., additional, Carugati, M., additional, Durante-Mangoni, E., additional, Tattevin, P., additional, Chu, V.H., additional, Moreno, A., additional, Fowler, V.G., additional, Miró, J.M., additional, Athan, E., additional, Harris, O., additional, Korman, T.M., additional, Kotsanas, D., additional, Jones, P., additional, Reinbott, P., additional, Ryan, S., additional, Fortes, C.Q., additional, Garcia, P., additional, Jones, S.B., additional, Barsic, B., additional, Bukovski, S., additional, Selton-Suty, C., additional, Aissa, N., additional, Doco-Lecompte, T., additional, Delahaye, F., additional, Vandenesch, F., additional, Hoen, B., additional, Plesiat, P., additional, Giamarellou, H., additional, Giannitsioti, E., additional, Tarpatzi, E., additional, Iossa, D., additional, Orlando, S., additional, Ursi, M.P., additional, Pafundi, P.C., additional, D' Amico, F., additional, Bernardo, M., additional, Cuccurullo, S., additional, Dialetto, G., additional, Covino, F.E., additional, Manduca, S., additional, Della Corte, A., additional, De Feo, M., additional, Tripodi, M.F., additional, Baban, T., additional, Kanj, S.S., additional, Sfeir, J., additional, Yasmine, M., additional, Morris, A., additional, Murdoch, D.R., additional, Premru, M.M., additional, Lejko-Zupanc, T., additional, Almela, M., additional, Ambrosioni, J., additional, Azqueta, M., additional, Brunet, M., additional, Cervera, C., additional, De Lazzari, E., additional, Falces, C., additional, Fuster, D., additional, Garcia-Gonzalez, J., additional, Gatell, J.M., additional, Ortiz, J., additional, Ninot, S., additional, Paré, J.C., additional, Pericas, J.M., additional, Quintana, E., additional, Ramirez, J., additional, Sandoval, E., additional, Sitges, M., additional, Tolosana, J.M., additional, Vidal, B., additional, Vila, J., additional, Bouza, E., additional, Muñoz, P., additional, Rodríguez-Créixems, M., additional, Ramallo, V., additional, Bradley, S., additional, Steed, L., additional, Cantey, R., additional, Peterson, G., additional, Stancoven, A., additional, Woods, C., additional, Corey, G.R., additional, Reller, L.B., additional, Baloch, K., additional, Dixon, C.C., additional, Harding, T., additional, Jones-Richmond, M., additional, Pappas, P., additional, Park, L.P., additional, Redick, T., additional, Stafford, J., additional, Anstrom, K., additional, Bayer, A.S., additional, Cabell, C.H., additional, Karchmer, A.W., additional, Sexton, D.J., additional, Wang, A., additional, Chu, V., additional, Durack, D.T., additional, Eykyn, S., additional, Moreillon, P., additional, Olaison, L., additional, Raoult, D., additional, and Rubinstein, E., additional

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2017
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27. Inventory of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in France as Assessed by a Multicenter Study

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Robin, F., primary, Beyrouthy, R., additional, Bonacorsi, S., additional, Aissa, N., additional, Bret, L., additional, Brieu, N., additional, Cattoir, V., additional, Chapuis, A., additional, Chardon, H., additional, Degand, N., additional, Doucet-Populaire, F., additional, Dubois, V., additional, Fortineau, N., additional, Grillon, A., additional, Lanotte, P., additional, Leyssene, D., additional, Patry, I., additional, Podglajen, I., additional, Recule, C., additional, Ros, A., additional, Colomb-Cotinat, M., additional, Ponties, V., additional, Ploy, M. C., additional, and Bonnet, R., additional

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2017
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29. Validated risk score for predicting 6-month mortality in infective endocarditis

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Park, LP, Chu, VH, Peterson, G, Skoutelis, A, Lejko-Zupa, T, Bouza, E, Tattevin, P, Habib, G, Tan, R, Gonzalez, J, Altclas, J, Edathodu, J, Fortes, CQ, Siciliano, RF, Pachirat, O, Kanj, S, Wang, A, Clara, L, LSanchez, M, Casabé, J, Cortes, C, Nacinovich, F, Oses, PF, Ronderos, R, Sucari, A, Thierer, J, Spelman, D, Athan, E, Harris, O, Kennedy, K, Gordon, D, Papanicolas, L, Korman, T, Kotsanas, D, Dever, R, Jones, P, Konecny, P, Lawrence, R, Rees, D, Ryan, S, Feneley, MP, Harkness, J, Post, J, Reinbott, P, Gattringer, R, Wiesbauer, F, Andrade, AR, de Brito, ACP, Guimarães, AC, Tranchesi, RADM, Paiva, MG, Ramos, ADO, Weksler, C, Ferraiuoli, G, Golebiovski, W, Lamas, C, James, AK, Keynan, Y, Morris, AM, Rubinstein, E, Jones, SB, Garcia, P, Cereceda, M, Fica, A, Mella, RM, Fernandez, R, Franco, L, Jaramillo, AN, Barsic, B, Bukovski, S, Krajinovic, V, Pangercic, A, Rudez, I, Vincelj, J, Freiberger, T, Pol, J, Zaloudikova, B, Ashour, Z, Kholy, AE, Mishaal, M, Osama, D, Rizk, H, Aissa, N, Alauzet, C, Alla, F, Campagnac, CC, Doco-Lecompte, T, Selton-Suty, C, Delahaye, F, Delahaye, A, Vandenesch, F, Park, LP, Chu, VH, Peterson, G, Skoutelis, A, Lejko-Zupa, T, Bouza, E, Tattevin, P, Habib, G, Tan, R, Gonzalez, J, Altclas, J, Edathodu, J, Fortes, CQ, Siciliano, RF, Pachirat, O, Kanj, S, Wang, A, Clara, L, LSanchez, M, Casabé, J, Cortes, C, Nacinovich, F, Oses, PF, Ronderos, R, Sucari, A, Thierer, J, Spelman, D, Athan, E, Harris, O, Kennedy, K, Gordon, D, Papanicolas, L, Korman, T, Kotsanas, D, Dever, R, Jones, P, Konecny, P, Lawrence, R, Rees, D, Ryan, S, Feneley, MP, Harkness, J, Post, J, Reinbott, P, Gattringer, R, Wiesbauer, F, Andrade, AR, de Brito, ACP, Guimarães, AC, Tranchesi, RADM, Paiva, MG, Ramos, ADO, Weksler, C, Ferraiuoli, G, Golebiovski, W, Lamas, C, James, AK, Keynan, Y, Morris, AM, Rubinstein, E, Jones, SB, Garcia, P, Cereceda, M, Fica, A, Mella, RM, Fernandez, R, Franco, L, Jaramillo, AN, Barsic, B, Bukovski, S, Krajinovic, V, Pangercic, A, Rudez, I, Vincelj, J, Freiberger, T, Pol, J, Zaloudikova, B, Ashour, Z, Kholy, AE, Mishaal, M, Osama, D, Rizk, H, Aissa, N, Alauzet, C, Alla, F, Campagnac, CC, Doco-Lecompte, T, Selton-Suty, C, Delahaye, F, Delahaye, A, and Vandenesch, F

Abstract

Background-Host factors and complications have been associated with higher mortality in infective endocarditis (IE). We sought to develop and validate a model of clinical characteristics to predict 6-month mortality in IE. Methods and Results-Using a large multinational prospective registry of definite IE (International Collaboration on Endocarditis [ICE]-Prospective Cohort Study [PCS], 2000-2006, n=4049), a model to predict 6-month survival was developed by Cox proportional hazards modeling with inverse probability weighting for surgery treatment and was internally validated by the bootstrapping method. This model was externally validated in an independent prospective registry (ICE-PLUS, 2008-2012, n=1197). The 6-month mortality was 971 of 4049 (24.0%) in the ICE-PCS cohort and 342 of 1197 (28.6%) in the ICE-PLUS cohort. Surgery during the index hospitalization was performed in 48.1% and 54.0% of the cohorts, respectively. In the derivation model, variables related to host factors (age, dialysis), IE characteristics (prosthetic or nosocomial IE, causative organism, left-sided valve vegetation), and IE complications (severe heart failure, stroke, paravalvular complication, and persistent bacteremia) were independently associated with 6-month mortality, and surgery was associated with a lower risk of mortality (Harrell's C statistic 0.715). In the validation model, these variables had similar hazard ratios (Harrell's C statistic 0.682), with a similar, independent benefit of surgery (hazard ratio 0.74, 95% CI 0.62-0.89). A simplified risk model was developed by weight adjustment of these variables. Conclusions-Six-month mortality after IE is 25% and is predicted by host factors, IE characteristics, and IE complications. Surgery during the index hospitalization is associated with lower mortality but is performed less frequently in the highest risk patients. A simplified risk model may be used to identify specific risk subgroups in IE.

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2016

30. Impact of early valve surgery on outcome of staphylococcus aureus prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: Analysis in the international collaboration of endocarditis-prospective cohort study.

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Vincelj J., Sexton D.J., Corey G.R., Chu V.H., Wang A., Erpelding M.-L., Durante-Mangoni E., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Giannitsioti E., Hannan M.M., Lejko-Zupanc T., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Tornos P., De Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Olaison L., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., Di Persio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Baloch K., Dixon C.C., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Pappas P., Park L.P., Redick T., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Bayer A.S., Karchmer A.W., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Moreillon P., Chirouze C., Alla F., Fowler V.G., Miro J.M., Munoz P., Murdoch D.R., Tattevin P., Tribouilloy C., Hoen B., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Altclas J., Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Jones P., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., De Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., De Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., De Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Barsic B., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Pangercic A., Rudez I., Freiberger T., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Zainab A., El Kholy A., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Delahaye F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Revest M., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D.M.D., Sorel C., Bernard Y., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Athanasia S., Deliolanis I., Giamarellou H., Tsaganos T., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Sharma G., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hurley J., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Irene M., Ragone E., Tripodi M.F., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., Van Der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Del Rio A., Falces C., Garcia-De-La-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Moreno A., Ninot S., Vincelj J., Sexton D.J., Corey G.R., Chu V.H., Wang A., Erpelding M.-L., Durante-Mangoni E., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Giannitsioti E., Hannan M.M., Lejko-Zupanc T., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Tornos P., De Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Olaison L., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., Di Persio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Baloch K., Dixon C.C., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Pappas P., Park L.P., Redick T., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Bayer A.S., Karchmer A.W., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Moreillon P., Chirouze C., Alla F., Fowler V.G., Miro J.M., Munoz P., Murdoch D.R., Tattevin P., Tribouilloy C., Hoen B., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Altclas J., Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Jones P., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., De Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., De Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., De Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Barsic B., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Pangercic A., Rudez I., Freiberger T., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Zainab A., El Kholy A., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Delahaye F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Revest M., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D.M.D., Sorel C., Bernard Y., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Athanasia S., Deliolanis I., Giamarellou H., Tsaganos T., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Sharma G., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hurley J., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Irene M., Ragone E., Tripodi M.F., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., Van Der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Del Rio A., Falces C., Garcia-De-La-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Moreno A., and Ninot S.

Abstract

Background. The impact of early valve surgery (EVS) on the outcome of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) prosthetic valve infective endocarditis (PVIE) is unresolved. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between EVS, performed within the first 60 days of hospitalization, and outcome of SA PVIE within the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study. Methods. Participants were enrolled between June 2000 and December 2006. Cox proportional hazards modeling that included surgery as a time-dependent covariate and propensity adjustment for likelihood to receive cardiac surgery was used to evaluate the impact of EVS and 1-year all-cause mortality on patients with definite left-sided S. aureus PVIE and no history of injection drug use. Results. EVS was performed in 74 of the 168 (44.3%) patients. One-year mortality was significantly higher among patients with S. aureus PVIE than in patients with non-S. aureus PVIE (48.2% vs 32.9%; P = .003). Staphylococcus aureus PVIE patients who underwent EVS had a significantly lower 1-year mortality rate (33.8% vs 59.1%; P = .001). In multivariate, propensity-adjusted models, EVS was not associated with 1-year mortality (risk ratio, 0.67 [95% confidence interval, .39-1.15]; P = .15). Conclusions. In this prospective, multinational cohort of patients with S. aureus PVIE, EVS was not associated with reduced 1-year mortality. The decision to pursue EVS should be individualized for each patient, based upon infection-specific characteristics rather than solely upon the microbiology of the infection causing PVIE.Copyright © The Author 2014.

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2015

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

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Campagnac C., Llopis J., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J.M., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Leoni M.E.G., Robles J.A.G., Ramallo V.G., Cruz A.F., Kestler M., Marin M., Selles M.M., Abella H.R., Roda J.R., Lopez R.A., Pinilla B., Pinto A., Valerio M., Vazquez P., Verde E., Almirante B., De Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Olaison L., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Corey G.R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D., Stryjewski M., Wang A., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., DiPersio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Levine D., Riddle J., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Baloch K., Dixon C.C., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Park L.P., Sanderford B., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Karchmer A.W., Sexton D.J., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Moreillon P., Sexton. D.J., Arnold C.J., Johnson M., Bayer A.S., Bradley S., Giannitsioti E., Miro J.M., Tornos P., Tattevin P., Strahilevitz J., Spelman D., Athan E., Nacinovich F., Lamas C., Barsic B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Munoz P., Chu V.H., Clara L., Sanchez M., Casabe J., Cortes C., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Altclas J., Kogan S., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Jones P., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., De Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., De Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., De Oliveira Ramos A., Weksler C., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Fernandez R., Franco L., Gonzalez J., Jaramillo A.N., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Pangercic A., Rudez I., Vincelj J., Freiberger T., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Ashour Z., Kholy A.E., Mishaal M., Osama D., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Delahaye F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Flecher E., Michelet C., Revest M., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Remadi J.P., Rusinaru D., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Hoen B., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Helen G., Sofia A., Ioannis D., Thomas T., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Sharma G., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hannan M.M., Hurley J.P., Cahan A., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Durante-Mangoni E., Mattucci I., Pinto D., Agrusta F., Senese A., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Sharif-Yakan A., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., Van Der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Murdoch D.R., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Liew Y.-Y., Tan R.-S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Falces C., Garcia-De-La-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Heras M., Campagnac C., Llopis J., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J.M., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Leoni M.E.G., Robles J.A.G., Ramallo V.G., Cruz A.F., Kestler M., Marin M., Selles M.M., Abella H.R., Roda J.R., Lopez R.A., Pinilla B., Pinto A., Valerio M., Vazquez P., Verde E., Almirante B., De Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Olaison L., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Corey G.R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D., Stryjewski M., Wang A., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., DiPersio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Levine D., Riddle J., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Baloch K., Dixon C.C., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Park L.P., Sanderford B., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Karchmer A.W., Sexton D.J., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Moreillon P., Sexton. D.J., Arnold C.J., Johnson M., Bayer A.S., Bradley S., Giannitsioti E., Miro J.M., Tornos P., Tattevin P., Strahilevitz J., Spelman D., Athan E., Nacinovich F., Lamas C., Barsic B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Munoz P., Chu V.H., Clara L., Sanchez M., Casabe J., Cortes C., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Altclas J., Kogan S., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Jones P., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., De Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., De Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., De Oliveira Ramos A., Weksler C., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Fernandez R., Franco L., Gonzalez J., Jaramillo A.N., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Pangercic A., Rudez I., Vincelj J., Freiberger T., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Ashour Z., Kholy A.E., Mishaal M., Osama D., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Delahaye F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Flecher E., Michelet C., Revest M., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Remadi J.P., Rusinaru D., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Hoen B., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Helen G., Sofia A., Ioannis D., Thomas T., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Sharma G., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hannan M.M., Hurley J.P., Cahan A., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Durante-Mangoni E., Mattucci I., Pinto D., Agrusta F., Senese A., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Sharif-Yakan A., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., Van Der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Murdoch D.R., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Liew Y.-Y., Tan R.-S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Falces C., Garcia-De-La-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., and Heras M.

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.Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology.

Published
2015

32. Effects of Municipal Reclaimed Wastewater Irrigation on Organic and Inorganic Composition of Soil and Groundwater in Souhil Wadi Area (Nabeul, Tunisia)

Author

Chenini F, Gallali T, Ben Aissa N, and Jemai I

Subjects
Total organic carbon, Hydrology, Irrigation, chemistry.chemical_compound, Hydrology (agriculture), Wastewater, Nitrate, chemistry, Soil test, Environmental engineering, Environmental science, Surface water, Groundwater
Abstract

Tunisia has mobilized the important amount of its conventional hydraulic resources (surface water and ground water). It is brought today, for considerations of saving of water but also in environmental ethics, to recycle its noconventional resources like municipal waste water and to applicant it for agriculture. The effect of treated wastewater (TWW), compared to the ordinary irrigation (with ground water (GW)) by means of tow irrigation methods (sprinkler (S) and integrated Gouttor (IG)) on the chemical properties of the sandy soil, and its organic composition, were investigated in 2004 at the experimental station of Oued-Souhil in Nabeul Governorate, NE Tunisia. Soil samples were collected from five depths (0–20, 20–40, 40–60, 60–80 and 80–100 cm) and were analyzed for electric conductivity (EC), pH, total nitrogen (TN), organic carbon (OC), potassium (K), phosphorus (P205) and nitrate (NO3 -). The results observed after a partner of irrigation show that the electric conductivity (EC) and pH of experimental soil decreased compared to his initial state. The irrigation has reduced the OC content in surface layer and has increased it in the deeper layer. The TN content varied in opposite direction. The P205, K and NO3 - concentrations decreased in the upper 40 cm at the end of the study for both TWW and GW irrigated soil; however the effect of TWW irrigation was significant only with potassium (K). The evolution of these elements in the soil during the study proves their important concentration in the GW.

Published
2013

33. Premier signalement de Deudorix livia (Lepidoptera: Lycanidae) en Algérie: Un ravageur important du grenadier et du palmier dattier.

Author

Beladis, B., Guezoul, O., Verheggen, F., Baba Aissa, N., Boukraa, S., Doumandji, S., Salah Ou Elhadj, B., and Yagoub, L.

Subjects
LEPIDOPTERA, LYCAENIDAE, POMEGRANATE, DATE palm, PLANT parasites
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2018
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35. One-year outcome following biological or mechanical valve replacement for infective endocarditis.

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Pangercic A., Munoz P., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Tornos P., de Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Olaison L., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Corey G.R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D.J., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., Dipersio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Levine D., Riddle J., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Baloch K., Dixon C.C., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Park L.P., Sanderford B., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Bayer A.S., Karchmer A.W., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Moreillon P., Delahaye F., Chu V.H., Altclas J., Barsic B., Delahaye A., Freiberger T., Gordon D.L., Hannan M.M., Hoen B., Kanj S.S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Mestres C.A., Pachirat O., Pappas P., Lamas C., Selton-Suty C., Tan R., Tattevin P., Wang A., Clara L., Sanchez M., Casabe J., Cortes C., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Jones P., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., de Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., Tranchesi R.A.M., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., Ramos A.O., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Weksler C., Santos M., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Fernandez R., Franco L., Gonzalez J., Jaramillo A.N., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Sharma G., Rudez I., Vincelj J., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Ashour Z., El Kholy A., Mishaal M., Osama D., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Goehringer F., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Flecher E., Michelet C., Revest M., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Remadi J.P., Rusinaru D., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Thomas T., Giannitsioti E., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Papanikolaou K., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hannan M., Hurley J., Cahan A., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Durante-Mangoni E., Mattucci I., Pinto D., Agrusta F., Senese A., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Anouti K., Chahoud J., Kanafani Z., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., van der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Murdoch D.R., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Liew Y.-Y., Tan R.-S., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Del Rio A., Falces C., Garcia-De-la-maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Heras M., Llopis J., Marco F., Miro J.M., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J.M., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Pangercic A., Munoz P., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Tornos P., de Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Olaison L., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Corey G.R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D.J., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., Dipersio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Levine D., Riddle J., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Baloch K., Dixon C.C., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Park L.P., Sanderford B., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Bayer A.S., Karchmer A.W., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Moreillon P., Delahaye F., Chu V.H., Altclas J., Barsic B., Delahaye A., Freiberger T., Gordon D.L., Hannan M.M., Hoen B., Kanj S.S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Mestres C.A., Pachirat O., Pappas P., Lamas C., Selton-Suty C., Tan R., Tattevin P., Wang A., Clara L., Sanchez M., Casabe J., Cortes C., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Jones P., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., de Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., Tranchesi R.A.M., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., Ramos A.O., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Weksler C., Santos M., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Fernandez R., Franco L., Gonzalez J., Jaramillo A.N., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Sharma G., Rudez I., Vincelj J., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Ashour Z., El Kholy A., Mishaal M., Osama D., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Goehringer F., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Flecher E., Michelet C., Revest M., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Remadi J.P., Rusinaru D., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Thomas T., Giannitsioti E., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Papanikolaou K., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hannan M., Hurley J., Cahan A., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Durante-Mangoni E., Mattucci I., Pinto D., Agrusta F., Senese A., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Anouti K., Chahoud J., Kanafani Z., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., van der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Murdoch D.R., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Liew Y.-Y., Tan R.-S., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Del Rio A., Falces C., Garcia-De-la-maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Heras M., Llopis J., Marco F., Miro J.M., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J.M., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., and Marin M.

Abstract

Methods and results Among 5591 patients included in the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study, 1467 patients with definite IE were operated on during the active phase and had a biological (37%) or mechanical (63%) valve replacement. Patients who received bioprostheses were older (62 vs 54 years), more often had a history of cancer (9% vs 6%), and had moderate or severe renal disease (9% vs 4%); proportion of health care-associated IE was higher (26% vs 17%); intracardiac abscesses were more frequent (30% vs 23%). In-hospital and 1-year death rates were higher in the bioprosthesis group, 20.5% vs 14.0% (p = 0.0009) and 25.3% vs 16.6% (p <.0001), respectively. In multivariable analysis, mechanical prostheses were less commonly implanted in older patients (odds ratio: 0.64 for every 10 years), and in patients with a history of cancer (0.72), but were more commonly implanted in mitral position (1.60). Bioprosthesis was independently associated with 1-year mortality (hazard ratio: 1.298). Conclusions Patients with IE who receive a biological valve replacement have significant differences in clinical characteristics compared to patients who receive a mechanical prosthesis. Biological valve replacement is independently associated with a higher in-hospital and 1-year mortality, a result which is possibly related to patient characteristics rather than valve dysfunction. Background Nearly half of patients require cardiac surgery during the acute phase of infective endocarditis (IE). We describe the characteristics of patients according to the type of valve replacement (mechanical or biological), and examine whether the type of prosthesis was associated with in-hospital and 1-year mortality.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Published
2014

36. First records of Aphaniosoma Becker (Diptera: Chyromyidae) from Algeria.

Author

Aissa, N. Baba, Doumandji, S. E., and Ebejer, M. J.

Subjects
*DIPTERA, *CLASSIFICATION of insects, *GEOGRAPHICAL distribution of insects, *INSECT ecology
Abstract

Five species of Aphaniosoma Becker, 1903 are recorded for the first time from Algeria: Aphaniosoma annulatum Lyneborg, 1973, A. approximatum Becker, 1903, A. fissum Collin, 1949, A. nigricauda Ebejer, 1998 and Aphaniosoma sp. All were collected in the northern Sahara of Algeria in the oases of Oued M’Zab and in the region of Ghardaïa. The limited information on distribution, biology and ecology of each species is presented and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2017
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37. Comparative performance of δ13C, ion accumulation and agronomic parameters for phenotyping durum wheat genotypes under various irrigation water salinities.

Author

Chamekh, Z., Karmous, C., Ayadi, S., Sahli, A., Belhaj Fraj, M., Yousfi, S., Rezgui, S., Ben Aissa, N., Serret, M.D., McCann, I., Trifa, Y., Amara, H., and Araus, J.L.

Subjects
WHEAT genetics, BIOACCUMULATION in plants, WHEAT breeding, IRRIGATION water, CARBON isotopes, EFFECT of saline waters on plants, WHEAT yields
Abstract

The use of efficient selection traits for screening under contrasting irrigation water salinity is a challenge for breeders. To identify patterns, grain yield ( GY) and yield components (kernels m−2, thousand kernels weight), growth traits (plant height, biomass), flag leaf ion accumulation (Na+ and K+), carbon isotope composition ( δ13Cgrain) and nitrogen concentration (Ngrain) of grains were assessed on 25 durum wheat genotypes (G) in two consecutive growing seasons (2010 and 2011), in three semi-arid locations in Tunisia. Each location differed in their irrigation water salinity as measured by electrical conductivity: Echbika ( S1, 6 dS m−1), Barrouta ( S2, 12 dS m−1) and Sidi Bouzid ( S3, 18 dS m−1). GY was shown to be negatively correlated to Ngrain as well as to δ13Cgrain. This is confirmed by a multiple linear regression analysis that showed that both δ13Cgrain and Ngrain were the major determinant components for GY variability under S3. A high genotypic variability was observed and the improved genotype Maali exhibited the most stable GY under the three irrigation water salinities and the two cropping seasons. Maali showed the lowest δ13Cgrain. This indicates that tolerance in durum wheat is likely to be correlated to the ability of maintaining a high stomatal conductance. According to our data suggests δ13Cgrain can be used for an efficient screening of salt tolerant durum wheat. Under our experimental conditions, Ngrain was shown to be highly correlated to δ13Cgrain and can therefore be easier-to-use trait to assess the tolerance to salinity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2017
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38. Valorization of marine waste in sludge treatment from tiziouzou wastewater treatment plant.

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Aili, D., aissa, N. Taouint, and Adour, L.

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FLOCCULATION in sewage purification, COAGULATION (Sewage purification), WATER filtration, CHITOSAN, SLUDGE management
Abstract

This study involves on valorization of Algerian marine waste, shrimp shells, in treatment of urban sludge (organic) by coagulation-flocculation / filtration. So, transformation of chitin into chitosan has been realized in laboratory in order to make a bioflocculant. Therefore, chitosan prepared had been tested for conditioning of urban sludge from Tizi-Ouzou wastewater treatment plant. The results indicate that chitosan shows a biocoagulationbioflocculation behavior which is similar to standard chitosan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2016

45. HACEK Infective Endocarditis: Characteristics and Outcomes from a Large, Multi-National Cohort

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Chambers, ST, Murdoch, DR, Morris, A, Holland, D, Pappas, P, Almela, M, Ferna´ndez-Hidalgo, N, Almirante, B, Bouza, E, Forno, D, del Rio, A, Hannan, MM, Harkness, J, Kanafani, ZA, Lalani, T, Lang, S, Raymond, N, Read, K, Vinogradova, T, Woods, CW, Wray, D, Corey, GR, Chu, VH, Clara, L, Sanchez, M, Nacinovich, F, Oses, PF, Ronderos, R, Sucari, A, Thierer, J, Casabe´, J, Cortes, C, Altclas, J, Silvia Kogan, S, Spelman, D, Athan, E, Harris, O, Kennedy, K, Tan, R, Gordon, D, Papanicolas, L, Eisen, D, Grigg, L, Street, A, Korman, T, Kotsanas, D, Dever, R, Jones, P, Konecny, P, Lawrence, R, Rees, D, Ryan, S, Feneley, MP, Post, J, Reinbott, P, Gattringer, R, Wiesbauer, F, Andrade, AR, de Brito, ACP, Guimara~es, AC, Grinberg, M, Mansur, AJ, Siciliano, RF, Strabelli, TMV, Vieira, MLC, de Medeiros Tranchesi, RA, Paiva, MG, Fortes, CQ, de Oliveira Ramos, A, Ferraiuoli, G, Golebiovski, W, Lamas, C, Santos, M, Weksler, C, Karlowsky, JA, Keynan, Y, Morris, AM, Rubinstein, E, Jones, SB, Garcia, P, Cereceda, M, Fica, A, Mella, RM, Barsic, B, Bukovski, S, Krajinovic, V, Pangercic, A, Rudez, I, Vincelj, J, Freiberger, T, Pol, J, Zaloudikova, B, Ashour, Z, Kholy, AE, Mishaal, M, Rizk, H, Aissa, N, Alauzet, C, Alla, F, Campagnac, C, Chambers, ST, Murdoch, DR, Morris, A, Holland, D, Pappas, P, Almela, M, Ferna´ndez-Hidalgo, N, Almirante, B, Bouza, E, Forno, D, del Rio, A, Hannan, MM, Harkness, J, Kanafani, ZA, Lalani, T, Lang, S, Raymond, N, Read, K, Vinogradova, T, Woods, CW, Wray, D, Corey, GR, Chu, VH, Clara, L, Sanchez, M, Nacinovich, F, Oses, PF, Ronderos, R, Sucari, A, Thierer, J, Casabe´, J, Cortes, C, Altclas, J, Silvia Kogan, S, Spelman, D, Athan, E, Harris, O, Kennedy, K, Tan, R, Gordon, D, Papanicolas, L, Eisen, D, Grigg, L, Street, A, Korman, T, Kotsanas, D, Dever, R, Jones, P, Konecny, P, Lawrence, R, Rees, D, Ryan, S, Feneley, MP, Post, J, Reinbott, P, Gattringer, R, Wiesbauer, F, Andrade, AR, de Brito, ACP, Guimara~es, AC, Grinberg, M, Mansur, AJ, Siciliano, RF, Strabelli, TMV, Vieira, MLC, de Medeiros Tranchesi, RA, Paiva, MG, Fortes, CQ, de Oliveira Ramos, A, Ferraiuoli, G, Golebiovski, W, Lamas, C, Santos, M, Weksler, C, Karlowsky, JA, Keynan, Y, Morris, AM, Rubinstein, E, Jones, SB, Garcia, P, Cereceda, M, Fica, A, Mella, RM, Barsic, B, Bukovski, S, Krajinovic, V, Pangercic, A, Rudez, I, Vincelj, J, Freiberger, T, Pol, J, Zaloudikova, B, Ashour, Z, Kholy, AE, Mishaal, M, Rizk, H, Aissa, N, Alauzet, C, Alla, F, and Campagnac, C

Abstract

The HACEK organisms (Haemophilus species, Aggregatibacter species, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella species) are rare causes of infective endocarditis (IE). The objective of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with HACEK endocarditis (HE) in a large multi-national cohort. Patients hospitalized with definite or possible infective endocarditis by the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study in 64 hospitals from 28 countries were included and characteristics of HE patients compared with IE due to other pathogens. Of 5591 patients enrolled, 77 (1.4%) had HE. HE was associated with a younger age (47 vs. 61 years; p<0.001), a higher prevalence of immunologic/vascular manifestations (32% vs. 20%; p<0.008) and stroke (25% vs. 17% p = 0.05) but a lower prevalence of congestive heart failure (15% vs. 30%; p = 0.004), death in-hospital (4% vs. 18%; p = 0.001) or after 1 year follow-up (6% vs. 20%; p = 0.01) than IE due to other pathogens (n = 5514). On multivariable analysis, stroke was associated with mitral valve vegetations (OR 3.60; CI 1.34-9.65; p<0.01) and younger age (OR 0.62; CI 0.49-0.90; p<0.01). The overall outcome of HE was excellent with the in-hospital mortality (4%) significantly better than for non-HE (18%; p<0.001). Prosthetic valve endocarditis was more common in HE (35%) than non-HE (24%). The outcome of prosthetic valve and native valve HE was excellent whether treated medically or with surgery. Current treatment is very successful for the management of both native valve prosthetic valve HE but further studies are needed to determine why HE has a predilection for younger people and to cause stroke. The small number of patients and observational design limit inferences on treatment strategies. Self selection of study sites limits epidemiological inferences. © 2013 Chambers et al.

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2013

46. Influence of the timing of cardiac surgery on the outcome of patients with infective endocarditis and stroke.

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Zaloudikova B., Garcia-De-La-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Miro J.M., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Munoz P., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Tornos P., De Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Corey G.R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., Di Persio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Barsic B., Dickerman S., Krajinovic V., Pappas P., Altclas J., Carosi G., Casabe J.H., Chu V.H., Delahaye F., Edathodu J., Fortes C.Q., Olaison L., Pangercic A., Patel M., Rudez I., Tamin S.S., Vincelj J., Bayer A.S., Wang A., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Jones P., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., De Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., De Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., De Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Bukovski S., Freiberger T., Pol J., Sharma G., Ashour Z., Kholy A.E., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Revest M., Tattevin P., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D., Sorel C., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Hoen B., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber G.C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Naber C., Athanasia S., Giannitsioti E., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas D.M.V., Venugopal K., Hannan M., Hurley J., Cahan A., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Tripodi M.F., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Durante-Mangoni E., Irene M., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., Rosa F.D., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Sfeir J., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., Van Der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Murdoch D.R., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Del Rio A., Falces C., Zaloudikova B., Garcia-De-La-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Miro J.M., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Munoz P., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Tornos P., De Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Corey G.R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., Di Persio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Barsic B., Dickerman S., Krajinovic V., Pappas P., Altclas J., Carosi G., Casabe J.H., Chu V.H., Delahaye F., Edathodu J., Fortes C.Q., Olaison L., Pangercic A., Patel M., Rudez I., Tamin S.S., Vincelj J., Bayer A.S., Wang A., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Jones P., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., De Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., De Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., De Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Bukovski S., Freiberger T., Pol J., Sharma G., Ashour Z., Kholy A.E., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Revest M., Tattevin P., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D., Sorel C., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Hoen B., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber G.C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Naber C., Athanasia S., Giannitsioti E., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas D.M.V., Venugopal K., Hannan M., Hurley J., Cahan A., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Tripodi M.F., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Durante-Mangoni E., Irene M., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., Rosa F.D., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Sfeir J., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., Van Der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Murdoch D.R., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Del Rio A., and Falces C.

Abstract

Background. The timing of cardiac surgery after stroke in infective endocarditis (IE) remains controversial. We examined the relationship between the timing of surgery after stroke and the incidence of in-hospital and 1-year mortalities. Methods. Data were obtained from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study of 4794 patients with definite IE who were admitted to 64 centers from June 2000 through December 2006. Multivariate logistic regression and Cox regression analyses were performed to estimate the impact of early surgery on hospital and 1-year mortality after adjustments for other significant covariates. Results. Of the 857 patients with IE complicated by ischemic stroke syndromes, 198 who underwent valve replacement surgery poststroke were available for analysis. Overall, 58 (29.3%) patients underwent early surgical treatment vs 140 (70.7%) patients who underwent late surgical treatment. After adjustment for other risk factors, early surgery was not significantly associated with increased in-hospital mortality rates (odds ratio, 2.308; 95% confidence interval[CI], .942-5.652). Overall, probability of death after 1-year follow-up did not differ between 2 treatment groups (27.1% in early surgery and 19.2% in late surgery group, P = .328; adjusted hazard ratio, 1.138; 95% CI, .802-1.650). Conclusions. There is no apparent survival benefit in delaying surgery when indicated in IE patients after ischemic stroke. Further observational analyses that include detailed pre- and postoperative clinical neurologic findings and advanced imaging data (eg, ischemic stroke size), may allow for more refined recommendations on the optimal timing of valvular surgery in patients with IE and recent stroke syndromes.Copyright © The Author 2012.

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2013

47. HACEK Infective Endocarditis: Characteristics and Outcomes from a Large, Multi-National Cohort.

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Revest M., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castan~eda X., Cervera C., Rio A., Falces C., Garcia-de-la-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Miro J.M., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Mun~oz P., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Tornos P., de Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., DiPersio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Baloch K., Corey G.R., Dixon C.C., Fowler Jr. V.G., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Pappas P., Park L.P., Redick T., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Chu V.H., Karchmer A.W., Murdoch D.R., Sexton D.J., Wang A., Bayer A.S., Cabell C.H., Chu V., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Hoen B., Moreillon P., Olaison L., Raoult D., Rubinstein E., Chambers S.T., Murdoch D., Bouza E., Hannan M.M., Kanafani Z.A., Lang S., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Altclas J., Silvia Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Jones P., Post J., Reinbott P., Ryan S., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., de Brito A.C.P., Guimara~es A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., de Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., de Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Barsic B., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Pangercic A., Rudez I., Vincelj J., Freiberger T., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Ashour Z., Kholy A.E., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Thuny F., Delahaye F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Sharma G., Tattevin P., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D.M.D., Sorel C., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Mazaheri B., Neuerburg C., Athanasia S., Giannitsioti E., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hannan M., Hurley J., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Tripodi M.F., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Durante-Mangoni E., Irene M., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Sfeir J., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., van der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Revest M., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castan~eda X., Cervera C., Rio A., Falces C., Garcia-de-la-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Miro J.M., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Mun~oz P., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Tornos P., de Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., DiPersio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Baloch K., Corey G.R., Dixon C.C., Fowler Jr. V.G., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Pappas P., Park L.P., Redick T., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Chu V.H., Karchmer A.W., Murdoch D.R., Sexton D.J., Wang A., Bayer A.S., Cabell C.H., Chu V., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Hoen B., Moreillon P., Olaison L., Raoult D., Rubinstein E., Chambers S.T., Murdoch D., Bouza E., Hannan M.M., Kanafani Z.A., Lang S., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Altclas J., Silvia Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Jones P., Post J., Reinbott P., Ryan S., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., de Brito A.C.P., Guimara~es A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., de Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., de Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Barsic B., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Pangercic A., Rudez I., Vincelj J., Freiberger T., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Ashour Z., Kholy A.E., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Thuny F., Delahaye F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Sharma G., Tattevin P., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D.M.D., Sorel C., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Mazaheri B., Neuerburg C., Athanasia S., Giannitsioti E., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hannan M., Hurley J., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Tripodi M.F., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Durante-Mangoni E., Irene M., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Sfeir J., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., van der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., and Chipigina N.

Abstract

The HACEK organisms (Haemophilus species, Aggregatibacter species, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella species) are rare causes of infective endocarditis (IE). The objective of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with HACEK endocarditis (HE) in a large multi-national cohort. Patients hospitalized with definite or possible infective endocarditis by the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study in 64 hospitals from 28 countries were included and characteristics of HE patients compared with IE due to other pathogens. Of 5591 patients enrolled, 77 (1.4%) had HE. HE was associated with a younger age (47 vs. 61 years; p<0.001), a higher prevalence of immunologic/vascular manifestations (32% vs. 20%; p<0.008) and stroke (25% vs. 17% p = 0.05) but a lower prevalence of congestive heart failure (15% vs. 30%; p = 0.004), death in-hospital (4% vs. 18%; p = 0.001) or after 1 year follow-up (6% vs. 20%; p = 0.01) than IE due to other pathogens (n = 5514). On multivariable analysis, stroke was associated with mitral valve vegetations (OR 3.60; CI 1.34-9.65; p<0.01) and younger age (OR 0.62; CI 0.49-0.90; p<0.01). The overall outcome of HE was excellent with the in-hospital mortality (4%) significantly better than for non-HE (18%; p<0.001). Prosthetic valve endocarditis was more common in HE (35%) than non-HE (24%). The outcome of prosthetic valve and native valve HE was excellent whether treated medically or with surgery. Current treatment is very successful for the management of both native valve prosthetic valve HE but further studies are needed to determine why HE has a predilection for younger people and to cause stroke. The small number of patients and observational design limit inferences on treatment strategies. Self selection of study sites limits epidemiological inferences. © 2013 Chambers et al.

Published
2013

48. HACEK Infective Endocarditis: Characteristics and Outcomes from a Large, Multi-National Cohort

Author

Abbate, A, Chambers, ST, Murdoch, D, Morris, A, Holland, D, Pappas, P, Almela, M, Fernandez-Hidalgo, N, Almirante, B, Bouza, E, Forno, D, del Rio, A, Hannan, MM, Harkness, J, Kanafani, ZA, Lalani, T, Lang, S, Raymond, N, Read, K, Vinogradova, T, Woods, CW, Wray, D, Corey, GR, Chu, VH, Clara, L, Sanchez, M, Nacinovich, F, Fernandez Oses, P, Ronderos, R, Sucari, A, Thierer, J, Casabe, J, Cortes, C, Altclas, J, Kogan, S, Spelman, D, Athan, E, Harris, O, Kennedy, K, Tan, R, Gordon, D, Papanicolas, L, Eisen, D, Grigg, L, Street, A, Korman, T, Kotsanas, D, Dever, R, Jones, P, Konecny, P, Lawrence, R, Rees, D, Ryan, S, Feneley, MP, Post, J, Reinbott, P, Gattringer, R, Wiesbauer, F, Andrade, AR, Passos de Brito, AC, Guimaraes, AC, Grinberg, M, Mansur, AJ, Siciliano, RF, Varejao Strabelli, TM, Campos Vieira, ML, de Medeiros Tranchesi, RA, Paiva, MG, Fortes, CQ, Ramos, ADO, Ferraiuoli, G, Golebiovski, W, Lamas, C, Santos, M, Weksler, C, Karlowsky, JA, Keynan, Y, Morris, AM, Rubinstein, E, Jones, SB, Garcia, P, Cereceda, M, Fica, A, Mella, RM, Barsic, B, Bukovski, S, Krajinovic, V, Pangercic, A, Rudez, I, Vincelj, J, Freiberger, T, Pol, J, Zaloudikova, B, Ashour, Z, El Kholy, A, Mishaal, M, Rizk, H, Aissa, N, Alauzet, C, Alla, F, Campagnac, C, Doco-Lecompte, T, Selton-Suty, C, Casalta, J-P, Fournier, P-E, Habib, G, Raoult, D, Thuny, F, Delahaye, F, Delahaye, A, Vandenesch, F, Donal, E, Donnio, PY, Michelet, C, Revest, M, Tattevin, P, Violette, J, Chevalier, F, Jeu, A, Dan, Rusinaru, Sorel, C, Tribouilloy, C, Bernard, Y, Chirouze, C, Hoen, B, Leroy, J, Plesiat, P, Naber, C, Neuerburg, C, Mazaheri, B, Athanasia, S, Giannitsioti, E, Mylona, E, Paniara, O, Papanicolaou, K, Pyros, J, Skoutelis, A, Sharma, G, Francis, J, Nair, L, Thomas, V, Venugopal, K, Hannan, M, Hurley, J, Gilon, D, Israel, S, Korem, M, Strahilevitz, J, Tripodi, MF, Casillo, R, Cuccurullo, S, Dialetto, G, Durante-Mangoni, E, Irene, M, Ragone, E, Utili, R, Cecchi, E, De Rosa, F, Imazio, M, Trinchero, R, Tebini, A, Grossi, P, Lattanzio, M, Toniolo, A, Goglio, A, Raglio, A, Ravasio, V, Rizzi, M, Suter, F, Carosi, G, Magri, S, Signorini, L, Baban, T, Kanafani, Z, Kanj, SS, Sfeir, J, Yasmine, M, Abidin, I, Tamin, SS, Martinez, ER, Nieto, GIS, van der Meer, JTM, Chambers, S, Murdoch, DR, Dragulescu, S, Ionac, A, Mornos, C, Butkevich, OM, Chipigina, N, Kirill, O, Vadim, K, Edathodu, J, Halim, M, Lum, L-N, Tan, R-S, Lejko-Zupanc, T, Logar, M, Mueller-Premru, M, Commerford, P, Commerford, A, Deetlefs, E, Hansa, C, Ntsekhe, M, Armero, Y, Azqueta, M, Castaneda, X, Cervera, C, Falces, C, Garcia-de-la-Maria, C, Fita, G, Gatell, JM, Marco, F, Mestres, CA, Miro, JM, Moreno, A, Ninot, S, Pare, C, Pericas, J, Ramirez, J, Rovira, I, Sitges, M, Anguera, I, Font, B, Guma, JR, Bermejo, J, Garcia Fernandez, MA, Gonzalez-Ramallo, V, Marin, M, Munoz, P, Pedromingo, M, Roda, J, Rodriguez-Creixems, M, Solis, J, Tornos, P, de Alarcon, A, Parra, R, Alestig, E, Johansson, M, Olaison, L, Snygg-Martin, U, Pachirat, O, Pachirat, P, Pussadhamma, B, Senthong, V, Casey, A, Elliott, T, Lambert, P, Watkin, R, Eyton, C, Klein, JL, Bradley, S, Kauffman, C, Bedimo, R, Crowley, AL, Douglas, P, Drew, L, Fowler, VG, Holland, T, Mudrick, D, Samad, Z, Sexton, D, Stryjewski, M, Wang, A, Lerakis, S, Cantey, R, Steed, L, Dickerman, SA, Bonilla, H, DiPersio, J, Salstrom, S-J, Baddley, J, Patel, M, Peterson, G, Stancoven, A, Afonso, L, Kulman, T, Levine, D, Rybak, M, Cabell, CH, Baloch, K, Dixon, CC, Harding, T, Jones-Richmond, M, Park, LP, Redick, T, Stafford, J, Anstrom, K, Bayer, AS, Karchmer, AW, Sexton, DJ, Chu, V, Durack, DT, Phil, D, Eykyn, S, Moreillon, P, Abbate, A, Chambers, ST, Murdoch, D, Morris, A, Holland, D, Pappas, P, Almela, M, Fernandez-Hidalgo, N, Almirante, B, Bouza, E, Forno, D, del Rio, A, Hannan, MM, Harkness, J, Kanafani, ZA, Lalani, T, Lang, S, Raymond, N, Read, K, Vinogradova, T, Woods, CW, Wray, D, Corey, GR, Chu, VH, Clara, L, Sanchez, M, Nacinovich, F, Fernandez Oses, P, Ronderos, R, Sucari, A, Thierer, J, Casabe, J, Cortes, C, Altclas, J, Kogan, S, Spelman, D, Athan, E, Harris, O, Kennedy, K, Tan, R, Gordon, D, Papanicolas, L, Eisen, D, Grigg, L, Street, A, Korman, T, Kotsanas, D, Dever, R, Jones, P, Konecny, P, Lawrence, R, Rees, D, Ryan, S, Feneley, MP, Post, J, Reinbott, P, Gattringer, R, Wiesbauer, F, Andrade, AR, Passos de Brito, AC, Guimaraes, AC, Grinberg, M, Mansur, AJ, Siciliano, RF, Varejao Strabelli, TM, Campos Vieira, ML, de Medeiros Tranchesi, RA, Paiva, MG, Fortes, CQ, Ramos, ADO, Ferraiuoli, G, Golebiovski, W, Lamas, C, Santos, M, Weksler, C, Karlowsky, JA, Keynan, Y, Morris, AM, Rubinstein, E, Jones, SB, Garcia, P, Cereceda, M, Fica, A, Mella, RM, Barsic, B, Bukovski, S, Krajinovic, V, Pangercic, A, Rudez, I, Vincelj, J, Freiberger, T, Pol, J, Zaloudikova, B, Ashour, Z, El Kholy, A, Mishaal, M, Rizk, H, Aissa, N, Alauzet, C, Alla, F, Campagnac, C, Doco-Lecompte, T, Selton-Suty, C, Casalta, J-P, Fournier, P-E, Habib, G, Raoult, D, Thuny, F, Delahaye, F, Delahaye, A, Vandenesch, F, Donal, E, Donnio, PY, Michelet, C, Revest, M, Tattevin, P, Violette, J, Chevalier, F, Jeu, A, Dan, Rusinaru, Sorel, C, Tribouilloy, C, Bernard, Y, Chirouze, C, Hoen, B, Leroy, J, Plesiat, P, Naber, C, Neuerburg, C, Mazaheri, B, Athanasia, S, Giannitsioti, E, Mylona, E, Paniara, O, Papanicolaou, K, Pyros, J, Skoutelis, A, Sharma, G, Francis, J, Nair, L, Thomas, V, Venugopal, K, Hannan, M, Hurley, J, Gilon, D, Israel, S, Korem, M, Strahilevitz, J, Tripodi, MF, Casillo, R, Cuccurullo, S, Dialetto, G, Durante-Mangoni, E, Irene, M, Ragone, E, Utili, R, Cecchi, E, De Rosa, F, Imazio, M, Trinchero, R, Tebini, A, Grossi, P, Lattanzio, M, Toniolo, A, Goglio, A, Raglio, A, Ravasio, V, Rizzi, M, Suter, F, Carosi, G, Magri, S, Signorini, L, Baban, T, Kanafani, Z, Kanj, SS, Sfeir, J, Yasmine, M, Abidin, I, Tamin, SS, Martinez, ER, Nieto, GIS, van der Meer, JTM, Chambers, S, Murdoch, DR, Dragulescu, S, Ionac, A, Mornos, C, Butkevich, OM, Chipigina, N, Kirill, O, Vadim, K, Edathodu, J, Halim, M, Lum, L-N, Tan, R-S, Lejko-Zupanc, T, Logar, M, Mueller-Premru, M, Commerford, P, Commerford, A, Deetlefs, E, Hansa, C, Ntsekhe, M, Armero, Y, Azqueta, M, Castaneda, X, Cervera, C, Falces, C, Garcia-de-la-Maria, C, Fita, G, Gatell, JM, Marco, F, Mestres, CA, Miro, JM, Moreno, A, Ninot, S, Pare, C, Pericas, J, Ramirez, J, Rovira, I, Sitges, M, Anguera, I, Font, B, Guma, JR, Bermejo, J, Garcia Fernandez, MA, Gonzalez-Ramallo, V, Marin, M, Munoz, P, Pedromingo, M, Roda, J, Rodriguez-Creixems, M, Solis, J, Tornos, P, de Alarcon, A, Parra, R, Alestig, E, Johansson, M, Olaison, L, Snygg-Martin, U, Pachirat, O, Pachirat, P, Pussadhamma, B, Senthong, V, Casey, A, Elliott, T, Lambert, P, Watkin, R, Eyton, C, Klein, JL, Bradley, S, Kauffman, C, Bedimo, R, Crowley, AL, Douglas, P, Drew, L, Fowler, VG, Holland, T, Mudrick, D, Samad, Z, Sexton, D, Stryjewski, M, Wang, A, Lerakis, S, Cantey, R, Steed, L, Dickerman, SA, Bonilla, H, DiPersio, J, Salstrom, S-J, Baddley, J, Patel, M, Peterson, G, Stancoven, A, Afonso, L, Kulman, T, Levine, D, Rybak, M, Cabell, CH, Baloch, K, Dixon, CC, Harding, T, Jones-Richmond, M, Park, LP, Redick, T, Stafford, J, Anstrom, K, Bayer, AS, Karchmer, AW, Sexton, DJ, Chu, V, Durack, DT, Phil, D, Eykyn, S, and Moreillon, P

Abstract

The HACEK organisms (Haemophilus species, Aggregatibacter species, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella species) are rare causes of infective endocarditis (IE). The objective of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with HACEK endocarditis (HE) in a large multi-national cohort. Patients hospitalized with definite or possible infective endocarditis by the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study in 64 hospitals from 28 countries were included and characteristics of HE patients compared with IE due to other pathogens. Of 5591 patients enrolled, 77 (1.4%) had HE. HE was associated with a younger age (47 vs. 61 years; p<0.001), a higher prevalence of immunologic/vascular manifestations (32% vs. 20%; p<0.008) and stroke (25% vs. 17% p = 0.05) but a lower prevalence of congestive heart failure (15% vs. 30%; p = 0.004), death in-hospital (4% vs. 18%; p = 0.001) or after 1 year follow-up (6% vs. 20%; p = 0.01) than IE due to other pathogens (n = 5514). On multivariable analysis, stroke was associated with mitral valve vegetations (OR 3.60; CI 1.34-9.65; p<0.01) and younger age (OR 0.62; CI 0.49-0.90; p<0.01). The overall outcome of HE was excellent with the in-hospital mortality (4%) significantly better than for non-HE (18%; p<0.001). Prosthetic valve endocarditis was more common in HE (35%) than non-HE (24%). The outcome of prosthetic valve and native valve HE was excellent whether treated medically or with surgery. Current treatment is very successful for the management of both native valve prosthetic valve HE but further studies are needed to determine why HE has a predilection for younger people and to cause stroke. The small number of patients and observational design limit inferences on treatment strategies. Self selection of study sites limits epidemiological inferences.

Published
2013

49. Usability of Rich Internet Applications

Author

Ou-aissa, N. (author) and Ou-aissa, N. (author)

Abstract

This thesis reports the outcome of a study that is performed for Info Support. Info Support is a software house that is interested in new technologies. Unit finance and insurance is interested in the usability of Rich Internet Applications. Rich Internet Applications are new kind of web applications that offer more possibilities to design user friendly and attractive graphical user interface (GUI) that is comparable to the GUI of desktop applications. To investigate if the usability of the Rich Internet Application is indeed better then the traditional web application, two car insurance web applications are built as a proof of concept. These web applications are built with the same usability principles and have the same content and functionalities. The only difference is the technology that is used for building the web applications. The RIA is built with JavaFX and the traditional web application with PHP/HTML. These two applications are tested in an experiment where 26 participants with different ages and sex have tested two web applications in a lab. The results of this experiment is statistically analyzed to find dependency. From the analysis we have found that the satisfaction is significant for the tested web applications and therefore we can conclude that the usability of the Rich Internet Applications is indeed more usable than the traditional web application. This finding can be useful for finance and insurance companies to convert their web applications into RIA to attract more clients to buy their products., Media knowledge engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Published
2009

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