Infective Endocarditis in Swedish Children

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Abstract
A retrospective study of Swedish children with infective endocarditis (IE) during the period 1971‐80 was made. Sixty‐six instances were identified in 64 children (0.39 cases per 100000 children per year). Fifty (78%) had a previously known heart disease. Most commonly this was a ventricular septal defect and tetralogy of Fallot. Seventy‐one percent had positive blood cultures. Streptococcus viridans and Staphylococcus aureus were most commonly isolated. Twenty‐two percent of the children had undergone previous cardiac surgery. One case closely followed cardiac surgery and in only nine children could a definite port of entry of infection be demonstrated.