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Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in Africa: a OneHealth systematic review [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Q fever is a common cause of febrile illness and community-acquired pneumonia in resource-limited settings. Coxiella burnetii, the causative pathogen, is transmitted among varied host species, but the epidemiology of the organism in Africa
A Benkirane, A Benslimani, A Corwin, A Omezzine-Letaief, A OmezzineLetaief, A Rekiki, A Znazen, AA Adesiyun, AA Adesiyun, AP Schutte, AR Kamga-Waladjo, B Adu-Addai, B Gummow, BD Perry, BP Mmbando, C Geiger, C Karema, D Schellenberg, E Angelakis, E Schelling, Elizabeth A. Reddy, EM Scrimgeour, F Scolamacchia, G Maartens, GA Ki-Zerbo, GM Blanc, H Tissot-Dupont, H Tissot-Dupont, HG Nahed, HT Dupont, J Domenech, J Julvez, JA Crump, JB Haumesser, JG Ayres, JH McQuiston, Jo E. B. Halliday, John A. Crump, L Epelboin, L Luoto, M Berri, M Georgiev, M Maurin, M Prabhu, M. Kariuki Njenga, Matthew P. Rubach, MO Hussien, N Kaabia, NM Anstey, P Brouqui, PE Fournier, R Gidel, R Gidel, R Kobbe, S Koulla-Shiro, S Koulla-Shiro, S Mazeri, Sarah Cleaveland, Sky Vanderburg, SMS Amal, SP Fiorillo, SR Manock, W van der Hoek, W van der Hoek, W van der Hoek, WF Amin, WP O'Meara, Y Maurice   +67 more
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Recognition of specific sialoglycan structures by oral streptococci impacts the severity of endocardial infection. [PDF]

, 2019
Streptococcus gordonii and Streptococcus sanguinis are primary colonizers of the tooth surface. Although generally non-pathogenic in the oral environment, they are a frequent cause of infective endocarditis.
Barnard, Karen N, Bensing, Barbara A, Iverson, TM, Lebrilla, Carlito B, Li, Liang, Parrish, Colin R, Sullam, Paul M, Thomas, Wendy E, Wong, Maurice, Xiong, Yan, Yakovenko, Olga   +10 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   +1 more
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First case report of Candida guilliermondii native left-sided valve endocarditis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
Endocarditis, a life-threatening inflammation of the endocardium, is incited by bacteria, fungi, or other pathogenic microorganisms. Fungal endocarditis closely mirrors bacterial endocarditis in clinical signs and symptoms, leading to potential ...
Zilong Zheng, Xiaokang Tu, Chuanhao Jiang, Feng Liu, Chengming Fan   +4 more
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Service evaluation to establish the sensitivity, specificity and additional value of broad-range 16S rDNA PCR for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis from resected endocardial material in patients from eight UK and Ireland hospitals [PDF]

, 2014
Infective endocarditis (IE) can be diagnosed in the clinical microbiology laboratory by culturing explanted heart valve material. We present a service evaluation that examines the sensitivity and specificity of a broad-range 16S rDNA polymerase chain ...
Alshafi, K, Gouliouris, T, Harris, KA, Hartley, JC, Jalili, S, Munthali, P, NiRiain, U, Williams, OM, Yam, T   +8 more
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Maltohexaose-indocyanine green (MH-ICG) for near infrared imaging of endocarditis.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Infectious endocarditis is a life-threatening disease, and diagnostics are urgently needed to accurately diagnose this disease especially in the case of prosthetic valve endocarditis. We show here that maltohexaose conjugated to indocyanine green (MH-ICG)
Kiyoko Takemiya, Joachim J Røise, Maomao He, Chung Taing, Alexander G Rodriguez, Niren Murthy, Mark M Goodman, W Robert Taylor   +7 more
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Endocarditis With Complete Heart Block

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2016
Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis causes 5% of all bacterial endocarditis. Among gram-negative bacteria, Klebsiella species are rare causes of native valve endocarditis.
Saad Ullah MD, Omar Elbita MD, Mahmoud Abdelghany MD, Hassan Tahir MD, Puneet Tuli MD, Waseem Zaid Alkilani MD, Joshan Suri MD   +6 more
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Triple valve infective endocarditis - a late diagnosis [PDF]

, 2018
Behcet\u27s disease is a systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology with cardiac involvement as well as damage to other organs. Whether the sterile valvular inflammation which occurs in this autoimmune disease predisposes to bacterial adhesion and ...
Barbulescu, Andreea L., Chisalau, Beatrice A., Ciurea, Paulina L., Dinescu, Stefan C., Efrem, Ion C., Firulescu, Sineta C., Mustafa, Edme R., Parvanescu, Cristina D., Radu, Lucretiu, Tartea, Georgica C., Vreju, Ananu F.   +10 more
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Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolution

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2001
With the development of penicillin, Streptococcus pneumoniae has become an uncommon cause of bacterial endocarditis in adults. Subacute manifestation of pneumococcal endocarditis has been reported a few times in the literature, but most reports define ...
Laercio Uemura, Newton César Grassi, Luciane Cazarin   +2 more
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Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Infective Endocarditis in Tabriz, Azerbaijan [PDF]

Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2013
Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze a PCR based approach for detection of infective endocarditis in Azerbaijan. Methods: Ten aortic valves, 8 mitral valves and 2 tricuspid valves, were analyzed for the presence of bacterial infective ...
Reza Ghotaslou, Behnaz Salahi Eshlaghi, Fatemeh Yeganeh, Alireza Yaghoubi   +3 more
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