Etiological structure of infectious endocarditis in patients who died in hospitals of Smolensk

Azovskova O. V., Fedosov E. A., Dorosevich A. E.

The article presents data on the etiological structure of infectious endocarditis in patients with fatal outcome in hospitals of Smolensk. In the course of bacteriological research it was found that the leading cause of death in infectious lesions of native valves is pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus (48.8% of cases) and enterococci (18.6% of cases), in infectious lesions of prosthetic valves – coagulase – negative staphylococci or enterobacteria, enterococci in associations. There were cases of infectious endocarditis caused by rare microorganisms - Granullacutellaadiacens, Kocuriarizophila and "specific" endocarditis on the background of developed tuberculosis. In the immunocompromised group of patients, the infectious process in the endocardium was supported together by Candida.

Keywords:infectious endocarditis (IE), mortality species, bacteria, fungi, mycobacterium, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CONS)