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

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, Marilou Hervas-Malo, Joan L Robinson   +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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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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Endocardite infecciosa: gastos hospitalares e implicações para o tratamento odontológico [PDF]

, 2015
TCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Odontologia.A Endocardite Infecciosa (EI) é uma doença grave associada à morbidade e mortalidade significativas.
Santos, Renata da Rosa
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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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Endocardite infecciosa: análise de 50 casos. [PDF]

, 1988
Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Curso de Medicina, Florianópolis ...
Simoni, Genoir
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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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The Clinical Risks of Infection Associated with Endoscopy

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Volume 15, Issue 5, Page 321-331, 2001., 2001
The cleaning of flexible endoscopes is difficult and time consuming. Any method of attempted sterilization or high level disinfection will fail if prior cleaning has been defective. Inadequate reprocessing of endoscopes may result in patient to patient transmission of serious bacterial and viral diseases or infection with endemic hospital pathogens ...
Alistair E Cowen
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