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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 89-93, 2010., 2010 Daptomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus has been previously reported, but the development of resistance while on therapy with subsequent clinical failure for endocarditis has been infrequently reported. A case of persistent methicillin‐resistant S aureus (MRSA) bacteremia in the setting of right‐sided endocarditis in a 38‐year‐old man with a ...
L Twele +5 more
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Systematic Review of Invasive Acinetobacter Infections in Children
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 83-88, 2010., 2010 INTRODUCTION: Clinicians are generally familiar with Acinetobacter as an etiological agent for serious nosocomial infections in intensive care units. However, there are no previous reviews of the full spectrum of invasive infections in children. METHODS: A systematic review of the literature was completed up to December 2008 for reports of invasive ...
Jia Hu, Joan L Robinson
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Infective Endocarditis: Updated Guidelines
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 74-77, 2010., 2010 The most recent revision of the American Heart Association guidelines on infective endocarditis prophylaxis occurred in 2007. These revisions were based on the fact that current data have brought into question the benefit of previous recommendations for infective endocarditis prophylaxis.
U Allen
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A Case of Disseminated Infection Caused by Streptococcus equi Subspecies zooepidemicus
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 20, Issue 2, Page 59-61, 2009., 2009 Human infections with Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus, a group C streptococcus, are very rare and are generally associated with contact with horses, and consumption of unpasteurized milk products, goat cheese or pork. In most cases S zooepidemicus leads to fulminant infections.
Marie-France Poulin, Guy Boivin
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 20, Issue 3, Page e107-e109, 2009., 2009 Pyogenic ventriculitis (PV) is an uncommon, but frequently fatal infection that results from inflammation of the ventricular ependymal lining associated with a purulent ventricular system. PV has been rarely reported as a secondary complication of infective endocarditis.
Gordon W Jung +2 more
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Patent ductus arteriosus and pulmonary artery endarteritis [PDF]
, 1997 We describe a seven year old girl with echocardiographic diagnosis of pulmonary artery endarteritis as a complication of a patent ductus arteriosus, confirmed at surgery.
Andrade, José Lazaro de +5 more
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 19, Issue 1, Page 63-68, 2008., 2008 BACKGROUND: Viridans group streptococci (VGS) have traditionally been the most common etiological agents of infective endocarditis (IE). Advances in cardiovascular surgery and the increasing use of long‐term central venous catheters may have altered the epidemiology of pediatric IE.
Aisha Alshammary +2 more
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A New Risk Factor for Infective Endocarditis [PDF]
, 2009 A implantação de piercings corporais tem sido uma prática cada vez mais comum nas últimas décadas, sobretudo entre os mais jovens. No entanto, não se trata de um procedimento inócuo, podendo apresentar complicações tão graves como a endocardite ...
Baquero, L +9 more
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Maternal mortality due to heart disease [PDF]
, 1991 A retrospective study on maternal mortality in pregnant women with cardiac disease over a period of eleven years (January 1979 to December 1989) was undertaken. The objetive was an analysis of the main aspects of this association.
Almeida, Pedro Augusto Marcondes de +3 more
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 17, Issue 6, Page 341-344, 2006., 2006 The present report describes a case of recurrent, culture‐negative endocarditis presenting with aortic prosthetic valve dysfunction in a 62‐year‐old man who required four valve replacement surgeries. On each occasion, he presented with valve failure. Fever was only documented during his first presentation. Furthermore, no vegetations were detectable on
Abeer N AlShukairi +2 more
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