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Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis and de Novo Development of Daptomycin Resistance during Therapy

open access: yesCanadian 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

open access: yesCanadian 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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Endocardites infectieuses

open access: yes, 2015
L’endocardite infectieuse est une maladie infectieuse provoque par le passage dans le sang de micro-organismes (bactéries, levures, champignons) qui se fixent sur l’endocarde et induisent des lésions ulcéreuses, végetantes, pouvant se compliquer d’insuffisance cardiaque* et d’embolie*.Elle est la résultante d’une bactériémie avec pour conséquence une ...
Houalef, Mohammed Elhabib   +1 more
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Infective Endocarditis: Updated Guidelines

open access: yesCanadian 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
wiley   +1 more source

Endocardite aiguë isolée de la valve pulmonaire

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
L'endocardite du céur droit touche dans la plupart des cas la valve tricuspide, notamment chez les toxicomanes. L'infection isolée de la valve pulmonaire est rarement retrouvée.
Amine Tarmiz   +5 more
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A Case of Disseminated Infection Caused by Streptococcus equi Subspecies zooepidemicus

open access: yesCanadian 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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Pyogenic Ventriculitis Complicating Aggregatibacter aphrophilus Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report and Literature Review

open access: yesCanadian 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
wiley   +1 more source

Endocardite por lactococcus garvieae: primeiro relato de caso da América Latina

open access: yesArquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2011
Lactococcus garvieae, patógeno zoonótico emergente, é responsável por mastite em ruminantes e septicemia em peixes. Embora seja considerado oportunista e raramente causar infecções em humanos, sua incidência deve estar subestimada devido à dificuldade do
Tatiana Franco Hirakawa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric Infective Endocarditis: Has Staphylococcus aureus Overtaken Viridans Group Streptococci as the Predominant Etiological Agent?

open access: yesCanadian 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
wiley   +1 more source

Endocardite infecciosa - Uma suspeita sempre presente

open access: yesRevista Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar, 2013
Introdução: O diagnóstico de endocardite infecciosa requer um elevado grau de suspeição para ser estabelecido atempadamente. O médico de família, conhecendo os fatores de risco de cada doente, está numa posição privilegiada para a suspeita clínica
Ana Santos Ferreira
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