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Volume 29, Number 3—March 2023
Synopsis

Multicenter Retrospective Study of Vascular Infections and Endocarditis Caused by Campylobacter spp., France

Claire TinévezComments to Author , Philippe Lehours, Anne-Gaëlle Ranc, Yaniss Belaroussi, Fanny Velardo, Damien Dubois, Catherine Neuwirth, Hélène Pailhoriès, Marie Dorel, Genevieve Hery-Arnaud, Olivier Join-Lambert, Emmanuelle Gras, Stéphane Corvec, Cyrielle Codde, Damien Fournier, Hugo Boijout, Violaine Doat, Leslie Bouard, Anne-Sophie Lagneaux, Maxime Pichon, Célia Couzigou, Claire Letellier, Adrien Lemaignen, Emmanuelle Bille, Xavier Bérard, Caroline Caradu, Claire Webster, Didier Neau, Charles Cazanave, Mathilde Puges, and the Campylobacteremia Study Group
Author affiliations: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France (C. Tinévez, P. Lehours, Y. Belaroussi, X. Bérard, C. Caradu, D. Neau, C. Cazanave, M. Puges); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon, Lyon, France (A.-G. Ranc); Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Bordeaux (F. Velardo); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France (D. Dubois); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, Dijon, France (C. Neuwirth); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d’Angers, Angers, France (H. Pailhoriès); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Rennes, France (M. Dorel); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, Brest, France (G. Héry-Arnaud); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France (O. Join-Lambert); Hôpital Européen Georges–Pompidou, Paris, France (E. Gras); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (S. Corvec); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Limoges, Limoges, France (C. Codde); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France (D. Fournier); Centre Hospitalier de Tarbes, Tarbes, France (H. Boijout); Centre Hospitalier Pierre Oudot, Bourguoin-Jallieu, France (V. Doat); Centre Hospitalier Départemental de Vendée, La Roche-Sur-Yon, France (L. Bouard); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, Nancy, France (A.-S. Lagneaux); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, Poitiers, France (M. Pichon); Centre Hospitalier de Rodez, Rodez, France (C. Couzigou); Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Brieuc, France (C. Letellier); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours, Tours, France (A. Lemaignen); Centre Hospitalier de Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris (E. Bille); Imperial College London, London, UK (C. Webster)

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Table 2

Characteristics of 13 patients with Campylobacter spp. endocarditis in a multicenter retrospective study on vascular infections and endocarditis caused by Campylobacter spp., France*

Characteristic Infective endocarditis Native valve infective endocarditis Prosthetic valve infective endocarditis and CIED infection
All patients
 13 (100)
 4 (30.8)
 9 (69.2)
Age, y, median (interquartile range)
 67 (60.3–80.8)
 64 (57–80)
 67 (60.3–80.8)
Sex
M 13 (100) 4 (30.8) 9 (69.2)
F
 0
 0
 0
Localization
Aortic valve 9 (69.2) 3 6
Mitral valve 2 (15.4) 1 1
CIED
 2 (15.4)
 0
 2
Underlying condition
Ischemic cardiomyopathy 2 (15.4) 0 2
Chronic liver disease 2 (15.4) 1 1
Diabetes 4 (30.8) 2 2
Chronic renal failure 4 (30.8) 2 2
Hematologic malignancy 1 (7.7) 0 1
Solid neoplasm 2 (15.4) 1 1
Immunodeficiency
 4 (30.8)
 1
 3
Clinical manifestations†
Fever 11 (84.6) 3 8
Septic shock 2 (15.4) 1 1
Diarrhea 3 (23.1) 1 2
Gastrointestinal bleeding 1 (7.7) 0 1
Abdominal or lumbar pain 3 (23.1) 2 1
Cardiac murmur 4 (30.8) 1 3
Cardiac failure
 1 (7.7)
 1
 0
Campylobacter species
C. fetus 12 (92.3) 4 8
C. jejuni 1 (7.7) 0 1

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. CIED, cardiac implantable electronic device. †Signs and symptoms occurring within the past month were considered.

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