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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2023

Unravelling staphylococcal small-colony variants in cardiac implantable electronic device infections: clinical characteristics, management, and genomic insights.

Si Liu, Hongbin Chen, Fangjie Xu, Fengning Chen, Yuyao Yin, Xiaoyang Zhang, Shangyu Tu, Hui Wang

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Si Liu *Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Hongbin Chen *Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Fangjie XuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Urumqi Friendship Hospital, Urumqi, China.
Fengning ChenDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yuyao YinDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiaoyang ZhangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Shangyu TuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Hui WangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Peking University · CNUrumqi General Hospital of PLA · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Staphylococcal small-colony variants (SCVs) are common in cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections. This is the first retrospective and multi-case study on CIED infections due to staphylococcal SCVs, aiming to provide a theoretical basis for the clinical management of CIED and device-related infections caused by staphylococcal SCVs. Methods: Ninety patients with culture positive CIED infections were enrolled between 2021 and 2022. We compared the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with and without SCVs and performed genomic studies on SCVs isolates. Results: Compared to patients without SCVs, those with SCVs had a longer primary pacemaker implantation time and were more likely to have a history of device replacement and infection. They showed upregulated inflammatory indicators, especially higher NEUT% (52.6 vs. 26.8%, Conclusion: Staphylococcal SCVs affect the clinical characteristics of CIED infections. The process of staphylococcal SCVs adherence, biofilm formation, and interaction with neutrophils play a vital role.

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Communicable DiseasesGenomicsElectronicsHumansRetrospective StudiesStaphylococcusStaphylococcus epidermidisCardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infectionepidemiological surveysmall-colony variants (SCVs)Staphylococcus epidermidiswhole-genome sequencing (WGS)

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PMID38259974
PMCPMC10800868
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