What is the impact of early valve surgery on the outcome of Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic valve infective endocarditis?
A study conducted by Chirouze C and colleagues, published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal, found that early valve surgery had a positive impact on the outcome of Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic valve infective endocarditis. The study involved participants from the International Collaboration of Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS) and found that the mortality rate for patients receiving early valve surgery was significantly lower than those who did not receive early valve surgery. Furthermore, the study also found that patients who received early valve surgery had a shorter hospital stay and a lower rate of recurrent endocarditis. Additional studies, such as those conducted by Vikram HR et al. and Aksoy O et al., found similar results regarding the benefits of early valve surgery for patients with complicated, left-sided native valve endocarditis and prosthetic valve infective endocarditis, respectively. 