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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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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Avian Infective Endocarditis Associated with Vagococcus fluvialis: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
AnimalsAvian infective endocarditis is an uncommon but severe disease that is typically diagnosed postmortem because of nonspecific clinical signs and rapid progression.
Ruy D. Chacón +10 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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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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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN DOGS: REFERENCE TO CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION [PDF]
Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal, 2013 This study was carried out on 10 dogs that were subjected to experimentally-induced bacterial endocarditis. All the examined dogs were used as a control group before the induction of the experiment.
Mahmoud Allaam, Noha Beder, Naglaa Gomaa
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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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ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS OF RECOMMEN-DATIONS FOR PREVENTION OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS AMONG A GROUP OF 136 IRANIAN DENTAL AND MEDICAL STUDENTS [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 2008 Bacterial endocarditis is a serious disease that could occur after invasive dental procedures. Despite a large number of papers written about the knowledge of prevention of bacterial endocarditis among health care workers in western countries, little is ...
M. R. Zarei, N. Navabie G. Chamani
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