Broyles LN, Van Beneden C, Beall B, Facklam R, Shewmaker PL, Malpiedi P, Daily P, Reingold A, Farley MM: Population-based study of invasive disease Due to beta-hemolytic streptococci of groups other than A and B. Clin Infect Dis. 2009, 48 (6): 706-712. 10.1086/597035.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Ekelund K, Skinhoj P, Madsen J, Konradsen HB: Invasive group A, B, C and G streptococcal infections in Denmark 1999–2002: epidemiological and clinical aspects. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2005, 11 (7): 569-576. 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01169.x.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Goldberger Z, Lampert R: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: expanding indications and technologies. JAMA. 2006, 295 (7): 809-818. 10.1001/jama.295.7.809.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Osmonov D, Ozcan KS, Erdinler I, Altay S, Yildirim E, Turkkan C, Ekmekci A, Gungor B, Gurkan K: Cardiac device-related endocarditis: 31-Years’ experience. J Cardiol. 2013, 61 (2): 175-180. 10.1016/j.jjcc.2012.08.019.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Rodriguez Y, Garisto J, Carrillo RG: Management of cardiac device-related infections: a review of protocol-driven care. Int J Cardiol. 2013, 166 (1): 55-60. 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.09.071.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Auckenthaler R, Hermans PE, Washington JA: Group G streptococcal bacteremia: clinical study and review of the literature. Rev Infect Dis. 1983, 5 (2): 196-204. 10.1093/clinids/5.2.196.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Greenspon AJ, Patel JD, Lau E, Ochoa JA, Frisch DR, Ho RT, Pavri BB, Kurtz SM: 16-year trends in the infection burden for pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in the United States 1993 to 2008. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011, 58 (10): 1001-1006. 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.04.033.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Voigt A, Shalaby A, Saba S: Continued rise in rates of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections in the United States: temporal trends and causative insights. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2010, 33 (4): 414-419. 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02569.x.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Takahashi T, Sunaoshi K, Sunakawa K, Fujishima S, Watanabe H, Ubukata K: Clinical aspects of invasive infections with Streptococcus dysgalactiae ssp. equisimilis in Japan: differences with respect to Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus agalactiae infections. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2010, 16 (8): 1097-1103.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Rantala S, Vuopio-Varkila J, Vuento R, Huhtala H, Syrjanen J: Clinical presentations and epidemiology of beta-haemolytic streptococcal bacteraemia: a population-based study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009, 15 (3): 286-288. 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02672.x.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Cohen-Poradosu R, Jaffe J, Lavi D, Grisariu-Greenzaid S, Nir-Paz R, Valinsky L, Dan-Goor M, Block C, Beall B, Moses AE: Group G streptococcal bacteremia in Jerusalem. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004, 10 (8): 1455-1460. 10.3201/eid1008.030840.
Article
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Rohde M, Talay SR, Rasmussen M: Molecular mechanisms of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp equisimilis enabling intravascular persistence. Microbes Infect. 2012, 14 (4): 329-334. 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.10.008.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Rohde M, Graham RM, Branitzki-Heinemann K, Borchers P, Preuss C, Schleicher I, Zahner D, Talay SR, Fulde M, Dinkla K, Chhatwal GS: Differences in the aromatic domain of homologous streptococcal fibronectin-binding proteins trigger different cell invasion mechanisms and survival rates. Cell Microbiol. 2011, 13 (3): 450-468. 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01547.x.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Sohail MR, Uslan DZ, Khan AH, Friedman PA, Hayes DL, Wilson WR, Steckelberg JM, Jenkins SM, Baddour LM: Infective endocarditis complicating permanent pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator infection. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008, 83 (1): 46-53. 10.4065/83.1.46.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Victor F, De Place C, Camus C, Le Breton H, Leclercq C, Pavin D, Mabo P, Daubert C: Pacemaker lead infection: echocardiographic features, management, and outcome. Heart. 1999, 81 (1): 82-87.
Article
CAS
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Sohail MR, Uslan DZ, Khan AH, Friedman PA, Hayes DL, Wilson WR, Steckelberg JM, Stoner S, Baddour LM: Management and outcome of permanent pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator infections. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007, 49 (18): 1851-1859. 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.072.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Johansen JB, Jorgensen OD, Moller M, Arnsbo P, Mortensen PT, Nielsen JC: Infection after pacemaker implantation: infection rates and risk factors associated with infection in a population-based cohort study of 46299 consecutive patients. Eur Heart J. 2011, 32 (8): 991-998. 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq497.
Article
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Margey R, McCann H, Blake G, Keelan E, Galvin J, Lynch M, Mahon N, Sugrue D, O’Neill J: Contemporary management of and outcomes from cardiac device related infections. Europace. 2010, 12 (1): 64-70. 10.1093/europace/eup362.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Gould FK, Denning DW, Elliott TS, Foweraker J, Perry JD, Prendergast BD, Sandoe JA, Spry MJ, Watkin RW, Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial C: Guidelines for the diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of endocarditis in adults: a report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012, 67 (2): 269-289. 10.1093/jac/dkr450.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar