A classic and fatal case of Streptococcus mutans subacute bacterial endocarditis; A now potentially underappreciated disease [PDF]
IDCases, 2020 Acute bacterial endocarditis is now common and easily suspected and recognized in the setting of prosthetic valves, injection drug use, or bacteremia with virulent organisms.
SA Schmalzle
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Streptococcus gallolyticus and Bacterial Endocarditis in Swine, United States, 2015–2020 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 To evaluate trends in bacterial causes of valvular endocarditis in swine, we retrospectively analyzed 321 cases diagnosed at Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (Ames, IA, USA) during May 2015–April 2020.
Panchan Sitthicharoenchai +8 more
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Canine Bacterial Endocarditis: A Text Mining and Topics Modeling Analysis as an Approach for a Systematic Review [PDF]
MicroorganismsBacterial endocarditis (BE) is a severe infection of the endocardium and cardiac valves caused by bacterial agents in dogs. Diagnosis of endocarditis is challenging due to the variety of clinical presentations and lack of definitive diagnostic tests in ...
Annalisa Previti +4 more
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Screening for Q Fever during Other Bacterial Endocarditis in Endemic Areas: Our Experience with Three Patients [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2019 Endocarditis is not a usual manifestation of acute Q fever. There is an ongoing debate about the need to screen patients for valvular diseases after acute Q fever.
Said Younis +2 more
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Concomitant infectious foci in community-acquired bacterial meningitis: the clinical impact of concomitant spondylitis and endocarditis [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Community-acquired bacterial meningitis has been linked to concurrent infectious foci in certain cases. However, reports specifically addressing concomitant infectious foci in patients with community-acquired bacterial meningitis, particularly
Takafumi Hosokawa +8 more
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Incidence of Bacterial Endocarditis after Heart Valves Replacement Surgery in Mashhad (from 2012 to 2016) [PDF]
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Bacterial endocarditis is one of the high mortality complications after the valve surgery. Despite the medical advancements, the mortality rate of Bacterial Endocarditis has not been decreased.
Atefeh Ghorbanzadeh +6 more
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Liječnički vjesnik, 2023 Bacterial endocarditis may be rare, but is a fatal complication following routine dental pro-cedures. Although patients with bicuspide aortic valve are considered to be at intermedia-te risk of bacterial endocarditis, administering antibiotic prophylaxis
David Miklenić, Sanja Konosić
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Diffusion of ofloxacin in the endocarditis vegetation assessed with synchrotron radiation UV fluorescence microspectroscopy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The diffusion of antibiotics in endocarditis vegetation bacterial masses has not been described, although it may influence the efficacy of antibiotic therapy in endocarditis.
Eric Batard +6 more
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Cell-wall glycolipid mutations and their effects on virulence of E. faecalis in a rat model of infective endocarditis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Enterococci are among the major pathogens implicated in cardiac infections and biofilm formation. E. faecalis has been shown to play an important role in infectious endocarditis. Several distinct mechanisms for biofilm formation have been identified in E.
Christoph Haller +6 more
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Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis in a splenectomized patient with no risk factors
IDCases, 2020 Aspergillus endocarditis is a rare cause of culture-negative fungal endocarditis, after Candida endocarditis. Typical risk factors include intravenous drug use, immunosuppression, prior cardiac surgery or presence of prosthetic heart valves ...
Abhimanyu Aggarwal +2 more
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