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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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Brazilian Journal of NephrologyWe 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 +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 +4 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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PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020 Les hémorragies intracrâniennes représentent une entité non négligeable des urgences neurochirurgicale qui posent un problème à la fois diagnostic et thérapeutique, les étiologies sont multiples, parmi celles-ci on trouve les endocardites infectieuses. L´
Bouaiyda Ayoub +5 more
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Endocardite infecciosa: 12 anos de tratamento cirúrgico [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2000 INTRODUÇÃO: A endocardite é uma doença de tratamento difícil e que freqüentemente necessita da participação cirúrgica. CASUÍSTICA E MÉTODOS: Entre janeiro de 1987 e janeiro de 1999, 159 pacientes foram operados em nosso Serviço, sendo 64,7% do sexo ...
Antoninho Sanfins ARNONI +8 more
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First Report of Granulicatella sp. Endocarditis in a Kidney Transplant Patient
Brazilian Journal of NephrologyGranulicatella and Abiotrophia are genera of fastidious Gram-positive cocci commensal of the oral, genitourinary, and intestinal flora. We report the first case of infective endocarditis caused by Granulicatella sp. in a kidney transplant recipient. A 67-
Flávio Jota de Paula +4 more
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Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2013 Libman-Sacks endocarditis (LSE) is the most characteristic cardiac manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It is usually clinically silent but heart failure due to valvular dysfunction, secondary infective endocarditis and embolic phenomena ...
Liliana Marta +6 more
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Endocardite infeciosa infantil
Congresso Médico Acadêmico UniFOA, 2023 A Endocardite Infecciosa (EI) caracteriza-se por uma infecção do tecido endocárdico, evoluindo pela bacteremia ou fungemia em uma superfície cardíaca onde os microorganismos possam se fixar, como endocárdio valvar ou mural, defeito septal, ou cordas tendíneas, em quem criam vegetações, lesando-as e comprometendo sua função.
B. A. Miranda +3 more
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An unusual case of pacemaker endocarditis in a patient with antiphospholipid syndrome
Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2012 We report the case of a 50-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus who had previously undergone pacemaker implantation. She developed recurrent pulmonary thromboembolism and was diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome.
Miguel Correia +5 more
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