ABSTRACT
Prosthetic valve infective endocarditis (PVE) and infective endocarditis of intracardiac devices have already been presented (Chapters 8 and 9). For many reasons, they could rightfully be labeled examples of iatrogenic infective endocarditis (IIE). IIE represents the negative consequences of medicine’s invasive efforts to treat a variety of diseases. This chapter focuses on the more common types of IIE, those due to a variety of intravascular catheters, and the profound impact they have had on the epidemiology and microbiology of IE as a whole. The characteristics of IE, acquired in various healthcare venues, will be compared with that acquired in the community (nonhealthcare-connected IE). Valvular infections of intravenous (IV) drug abusers will not be included in this analysis as this topic has been discussed in Chapter 7.
