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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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L´hémorragie intracrânienne: mode de révélation rare de l´endocardite infectieuse (à propos d´un cas)

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, Chouikh Chakib, Jeddab Achraf, Fihri Youssef, Mounir Khalil, Balkhi Hicham   +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, Josué de CASTRO NETO, Renato Tambellini ARNONI, Antonio Flávio Sanches de ALMEIDA, Camilo ABDULMASSIH NETO, Jarbas J. DINKHUYSEN, Mario ISSA, Paulo CHACCUR, Paulo P. PAULISTA   +8 more
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Endocardite infecciosa e mortalidade intra-hospitalar [PDF]

, 2009
Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Medicina, apresentado á Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de CoimbraIntrodução: A endocardite infecciosa é uma doença multifactorial, que sofreu mudanças epidemiológicas nas últimas décadas, sendo encarada como um
Aranda, Milene Morais Leite
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First Report of Granulicatella sp. Endocarditis in a Kidney Transplant Patient

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
Granulicatella 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, Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes Neves, Ramaiane Aparecida Bridi, Alice Tung Wan Song, Elias David-Neto   +4 more
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Infective endocarditis and stroke: pathophysiologic mechanisms and ultrasonographic evaluation [PDF]

, 2013
Uma das mais graves complicações da endocardite infecciosa é o acidente vascular cerebral isquémico, responsável por uma alta taxa de mortalidade e morbilidade nos países desenvolvidos.
Paz, Joana
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Left-sided infective endocarditis: analysis of in-hospital and medium-term outcome and predictors of mortality [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction: Despite diagnostic and therapeutic advances, infective endocarditis (IE) remains a challenging and potentially lethal disease. The prognosis of IE remains poor; in the last 30 years, its incidence and mortality have only been marginally ...
Araújo Abreu, M., Araújo Correia, J., Bettencourt, P., Ferreira, J., Gomes, F., Luz, A., Maia, J., Rodrigues, P., Torres, S.   +8 more
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Retinal artery embolization complicating Libman-Sacks endocarditis in a systemic lupus erythematosus patient

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, Maria Luz Pitta, Marisa Peres, Vítor Ferreira, Maria Clotilde Puga, Davide Severino, Graça Ferreira da Silva   +6 more
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Abcessos cerebrais secundários a uma endocardite infecciosa (relato de um caso e revisão da literatura). [PDF]

, 1988
Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Clínica Cirúrgica, Curso de Medicina, Florianópolis ...
Gonçalves, Carlos Otávio
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Patent ductus arteriosus and pulmonary artery endarteritis [PDF]

, 1997
We describe a seven year old girl with echocardiographic diagnosis of pulmonary artery endarteritis as a complication of a patent ductus arteriosus, confirmed at surgery.
Andrade, José Lazaro de, Brandão, Anselmo Cotrim, Carvalho, Antonio Carlos, Moisés, Valdir Ambrósio, Rivera, Ivan Romero, Silva, Celia Camelo   +5 more
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