Transthoracic echocardiography in children with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a multi-centre retrospective analysis
Kirsty Gray, Farhana Ahad, Aubrey Cunnington · 2026
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Kirsty Gray, Farhana Ahad, and Aubrey Cunnington wrote a 2026 review of heart ultrasound use in children with Staphylococcus aureus in the blood. That blood infection can seed the heart lining, a condition called infective endocarditis, but heart disease is rare in children without known risk factors. The authors pulled records from six hospitals in North West London for 2018 to 2023.
Among 101 children aged 18 or younger, 71 had a transthoracic echocardiogram, a painless heart scan through the chest, and 30 did not. Heart infection was confirmed in four of the scanned children, all with clear risk factors such as heart defects or lines in veins. Hospital stays ran longer in the scanned group. The authors favor scanning by risk rather than scanning every child.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kirsty Gray, Farhana Ahad, Aubrey Cunnington |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32721 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |