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Q Fever Presenting as Recurrent, Culture‐Negative Endocarditis with Aortic Prosthetic Valve Failure: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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, Muhammad G Morshed, Neil E Reiner   +2 more
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Endocardites infectieuses

, 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, Hadjaj Aouel, Omar   +1 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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Nocardial Endocarditis after Mitral Valve Replacement: Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]

, 2010
A Nocardia é responsável por diversos tipos de infecção quer em receptores imunocompetentes, quer imunocomprometidos e pode afectar qualquer órgão. A endocardite a Nocardia spp é muito rara e tem mau prognóstico.
Bico, P, Branco, LM, Cruz Ferreira, R, Pinto, M, Timóteo, AT   +4 more
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An Evaluation of Extended Incubation Time with Blind Subculture of Blood Cultures in Patients with Suspect Endocarditis

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 17, Issue 3, Page 186-188, 2006., 2006
BACKGROUND: In a small proportion of patients, bacterial endocarditis is due to organisms that grow slowly and may not be recovered in conventional blood cultures incubated for five days. This has led to recommendations for prolonged incubation and routine subculture of negative cultures. OBJECTIVE: The above‐mentioned approach is evaluated.
Kevin R Forward
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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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Cardiobacterium hominis Endocarditis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 16, Issue 5, Page 293-297, 2005., 2005
The present case report describes the clinical course of a patient who presented with Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis. A review of the literature follows the case presentation. C hominis, a fastidious Gram‐negative bacillus, is a member of the HACEK group of microorganisms (Haemophilus species, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, C hominis ...
Andrew Walkty
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Patient in chronic hemodialysis with right atrial mass: thrombus, fungal endocarditis or atrial myxoma?

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
We present the case report of a 19-year-old patient with chronic kidney disease due to chronic glomerulonephritis, in hemodialysis (HD) by central catheter, with the incidental finding of a mass of 28x16 mm in right atrium (RA). The diagnosis of thrombus,
Talita G. Salani, Cynthia de Moura Borges, Carolina S. Urbini, Patrícia Schincariol, Kélcia Rosana da Silva Quadros, Maria Almerinda Ribeiro-Alves, Rodrigo Bueno de Oliveira   +6 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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Febrile Syndrome and Coma.Case Report and Comments [PDF]

, 2003
A endocardite infecciosa é relativamente pouco frequente na idade pediátrica, mas a sua morbilidade e mortalidade são elevadas. Os autores descrevem um caso clínico de endocardite infecciosa aguda por Staphylococcus aureus numa criança de 5 anos de ...
Barata, D, Estrada, J, Leite, M, Marques, A, Ramos, J, Trigo, C, Ventura, L, Vieira, JP   +7 more
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