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Endocarditis due to Coxiella burnetii (Q fever): a rare or underdiagnosed disease? Case report [PDF]

, 2008
A febre Q é uma zoonose de distribuição mundial causada por Coxiella burnetii, sendo raros os registros da doença no Brasil. Estudos soroepidemiológicos mostraram uma freqüência relativamente elevada de anticorpos contra Coxiella burnetii em populações ...
CASTELLI, Jussara Bianchi, COLOMBO, Silvia, FURTADO, Remo Holanda de Mendonça, GRINBERG, Max, RIBEIRO, Henrique Barbosa, SAMPAIO, Roney Orismar, SANTOS, Fabiana Cristina Pereira dos, SICILIANO, Rinaldo Focaccia, STRABELLI, Tânia Mara Varejão   +8 more
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Endocardite pneumocócica em válvula aórtica nativa - apresentação fulminante

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2016
RESUMO A endocardite pneumocócica é uma entidade rara, cuja incidência se situa entre 1% e 3% dos casos de endocardite de válvula nativa. Esta patologia tem um prognóstico naturalmente adverso, com elevada mortalidade.
Kevin Domingues, Liliana Marta, Isabel Monteiro, Margarida Leal   +3 more
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Sepsis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Associated with Bronchopneumonia due to PSeudomonas aeruginosa And Escherichia coli: A Case Report

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 26, Issue 2, Page 108-110, 2015., 2015
INTRODUCTION: The present report describes a case of sepsis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a patient with B‐cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia with no animal exposure, associated with concomitant bronchopneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. CASE PRESENTATION: A 54‐year‐old Caucasian man presented to an emergency room with
Victoria Bîrlutiu
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Fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis with mycotic aneurysm: Case report

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2016
Fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis is an extremely severe form of infective endocarditis, with poor prognosis and high mortality despite treatment. Candida albicans is the most common etiological agent for this rare but increasingly frequent condition ...
Mariana Brandão, Jorge Almeida, Rita Ferraz, Lurdes Santos, Paulo Pinho, Jorge Casanova   +5 more
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Characterization of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Patients with Persistent or Recurrent Bacteremia

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 25, Issue 2, Page 83-86, 2014., 2014
BACKGROUND: Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections (BSI) are associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, especially with persistent (PB) or recurrent bacteremia (RB). OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of PB and RB in patients with MRSA BSI, and to characterize the isolates from these patients.
Henry Wong, Christine Watt, Sameer Elsayed, Michael John, Glen Johnson, Kevin Katz, Sigmund Krajden, Christine Lee, Tony Mazzulli, Krystyna Ostrowska, David Richardson, Baldwin Toye, Christie Vermeiren, Deborah Yamamura, Andrew E Simor   +14 more
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Meningite como complicação de endocardite infecciosa

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2012
As complicações neurológicas estão presentes em aproximadamente 30% dos pacientes com endocardite infecciosa; no entanto, a meningite apresenta-se como uma complicação rara.
Viviane Cordeiro Veiga, Júlio César de Carvalho, Luis Enrique Campodonico Amaya, Marcos Sérgio Martins, Salomón Soriano Ordinola Rojas   +4 more
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Chronic Q fever: An ongoing challenge in diagnosis and management

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 25, Issue 1, Page 35-37, 2014., 2014
Chronic Q fever is a potentially fatal disease. The current difficulty in the diagnosis of this condition is discussed in the present article. A 51‐year‐old woman with a history of aortic valve replacement presented with complaints of feeling generally unwell, pyrexia and occasional unproductive cough over a period of several weeks.
Ira Das, Nicola Guest, Richard Steeds, Peter Hewins   +3 more
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L´hémorragie intracrânienne: mode de révélation rare de l´endocardite infectieuse (à propos d´un cas)

PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020
Les hémorragies intracrâniennes représentent une entité non négligeable des urgences neurochirurgicale qui posent un problème à la fois diagnostic et thérapeutique, les étiologies sont multiples, parmi celles-ci on trouve les endocardites infectieuses. L´
Bouaiyda Ayoub, Chouikh Chakib, Jeddab Achraf, Fihri Youssef, Mounir Khalil, Balkhi Hicham   +5 more
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Aerococcus viridans Native Valve Endocarditis

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 155-158, 2013., 2013
Aerococcus viridans is an infrequent human pathogen and few cases of infective endocarditis have been reported. A case involving a 69‐year‐old man with colon cancer and hemicolectomy 14 years previously, without recurrence, is reported. A diagnosis of native mitral valve endocarditis was established on the basis of clinical presentation, characteristic
Wenwan Zhou, Vanessa Nanci, Andreanne Jean, Amir H Salehi, Fahad Altuwaijri, Renzo Cecere, Jacques Genest   +6 more
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Culture‐Negative Endocarditis Diagnosed Using 16S DNA Polymerase Chain Reaction

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 23, Issue 4, Page 216-218, 2012., 2012
16S DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a molecular amplification technique that can be used to identify bacterial pathogens in culture‐negative endocarditis. Bacterial DNA can be isolated from surgically excised valve tissue or from blood collected in EDTA vials. Use of this technique is particularly helpful in identifying the bacterial pathogen in
Stephen Duffett, Bayan Missaghi, Peter Daley   +2 more
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