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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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L'endocardite à Bartonella en Tunisie: particularités lésionnelles et évolutives

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
L'endocardite à Bartonalla est une infection ubiquitaire, son diagnostic est difficile vu qu'il s'agit souvent d'endocardite à hémoculture négative. Le but de cette étude est d'analyser les particularités lésionnelles et évolutives de cette entité dans ...
Rania Hammami, Dorra Abid, Leila Abid, Abir Znazen, Mourad Hentati, Adnene Hammami, Samir Kammoun   +6 more
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Pyogenic Ventriculitis Complicating Aggregatibacter aphrophilus Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report and Literature Review

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, Michael D Parkins, Deirdre Church   +2 more
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Endocardite por lactococcus garvieae: primeiro relato de caso da América Latina

Arquivos 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, Fernando Augusto Alves da Costa, Marcos Cairo Vilela, Micheli Rigon, Henry Abensur, Maria Rita Elmor de Araújo   +5 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Endocardite infecciosa - Uma suspeita sempre presente

Revista 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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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 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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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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