Associating enterococcal endocarditis and colorectal neoplasia: is colonoscopy mandatory? - Authors' reply

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¹ Department of Advanced Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli' Via De Crecchio 7, 80138 Napoli, Italy.
² Department of Advanced Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli' Via De Crecchio 7, 80138 Napoli, Italy; Unit of Infectious and Transplant Medicine, AORN Ospedali dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital Piazzale Ettore Ruggieri, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
³ Unit of Infectious and Transplant Medicine, AORN Ospedali dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital Piazzale Ettore Ruggieri, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli' Via De Crecchio 7, 80138 Napoli, Italy. Electronic address: emanuele.durante@unicampania.it.

Comment

Lorenzo Bertolino et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar:85:114-115.

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.12.016. Epub 2020 Dec 31.

¹ Department of Advanced Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli' Via De Crecchio 7, 80138 Napoli, Italy.
² Department of Advanced Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli' Via De Crecchio 7, 80138 Napoli, Italy; Unit of Infectious and Transplant Medicine, AORN Ospedali dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital Piazzale Ettore Ruggieri, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
³ Unit of Infectious and Transplant Medicine, AORN Ospedali dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital Piazzale Ettore Ruggieri, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli' Via De Crecchio 7, 80138 Napoli, Italy. Electronic address: emanuele.durante@unicampania.it.

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Keywords: Adenoma; Carcinogenesis; Enterococcus faecalis; Infection.

Comment on

Enterococcal infective endocarditis is a marker of current occult or future incident colorectal neoplasia.
Ursi MP, Bertolino L, Andini R, D'Amico F, Iossa D, Karruli A, D'Avenia E, Manduca S, Bernardo M, Zampino R, Durante-Mangoni E. Ursi MP, et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2021 Jan;83:68-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.10.006. Epub 2020 Oct 9. Eur J Intern Med. 2021. PMID: 33046347
Associating enterococcal endocarditis and colorectal neoplasia: is colonoscopy mandatory?
Corredoira J, Romay E, Pericàs JM, Miró JM. Corredoira J, et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2021 Mar;85:112-113. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.11.010. Epub 2020 Nov 20. Eur J Intern Med. 2021. PMID: 33223330 No abstract available.