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Incidence of Bacterial Endocarditis after Heart Valves Replacement Surgery in Mashhad (from 2012 to 2016) [PDF]

Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2022
Introduction: Bacterial endocarditis is one of the high mortality complications after the valve surgery. Despite the medical advancements, the mortality rate of Bacterial Endocarditis has not been decreased.
Atefeh Ghorbanzadeh, Gholamreza Safarpoor, Hamid Hoseinikhah, Omid Javdanfar, Soroush Mir, Zahra Moeinipour, Aliasghar Moeinipour   +6 more
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Infective endocarditis of partial atrioventricular septal defect: A case report [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2020
Introduction. Partial atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) is a form of congenital heart disease (CHD) rarely detected in adults. Infective endocarditis represents a severe complication that carries a substantial risk. Case report.
Stefanović Maja, Srdanović Ilija, Milovančev Aleksandra, Šušak Stamenko, Tadić Snežana, Ilić Aleksandra   +5 more
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Infective endocarditis following wisdom tooth extraction in a pro-fessional basketball player with bicuspid aortic valve

Liječnički vjesnik, 2023
Bacterial endocarditis may be rare, but is a fatal complication following routine dental pro-cedures. Although patients with bicuspide aortic valve are considered to be at intermedia-te risk of bacterial endocarditis, administering antibiotic prophylaxis
David Miklenić, Sanja Konosić
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A classic and fatal case of Streptococcus mutans subacute bacterial endocarditis; A now potentially underappreciated disease

IDCases, 2020
Acute bacterial endocarditis is now common and easily suspected and recognized in the setting of prosthetic valves, injection drug use, or bacteremia with virulent organisms.
SA Schmalzle
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Diffusion of ofloxacin in the endocarditis vegetation assessed with synchrotron radiation UV fluorescence microspectroscopy. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
The diffusion of antibiotics in endocarditis vegetation bacterial masses has not been described, although it may influence the efficacy of antibiotic therapy in endocarditis.
Eric Batard, Fréderic Jamme, Sandrine Villette, Cédric Jacqueline, Marie-France de la Cochetière, Jocelyne Caillon, Matthieu Réfrégiers   +6 more
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Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in Africa: a OneHealth systematic review [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Q fever is a common cause of febrile illness and community-acquired pneumonia in resource-limited settings. Coxiella burnetii, the causative pathogen, is transmitted among varied host species, but the epidemiology of the organism in Africa
A Benkirane, A Benslimani, A Corwin, A Omezzine-Letaief, A OmezzineLetaief, A Rekiki, A Znazen, AA Adesiyun, AA Adesiyun, AP Schutte, AR Kamga-Waladjo, B Adu-Addai, B Gummow, BD Perry, BP Mmbando, C Geiger, C Karema, D Schellenberg, E Angelakis, E Schelling, Elizabeth A. Reddy, EM Scrimgeour, F Scolamacchia, G Maartens, GA Ki-Zerbo, GM Blanc, H Tissot-Dupont, H Tissot-Dupont, HG Nahed, HT Dupont, J Domenech, J Julvez, JA Crump, JB Haumesser, JG Ayres, JH McQuiston, Jo E. B. Halliday, John A. Crump, L Epelboin, L Luoto, M Berri, M Georgiev, M Maurin, M Prabhu, M. Kariuki Njenga, Matthew P. Rubach, MO Hussien, N Kaabia, NM Anstey, P Brouqui, PE Fournier, R Gidel, R Gidel, R Kobbe, S Koulla-Shiro, S Koulla-Shiro, S Mazeri, Sarah Cleaveland, Sky Vanderburg, SMS Amal, SP Fiorillo, SR Manock, W van der Hoek, W van der Hoek, W van der Hoek, WF Amin, WP O'Meara, Y Maurice   +67 more
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Service evaluation to establish the sensitivity, specificity and additional value of broad-range 16S rDNA PCR for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis from resected endocardial material in patients from eight UK and Ireland hospitals [PDF]

, 2014
Infective endocarditis (IE) can be diagnosed in the clinical microbiology laboratory by culturing explanted heart valve material. We present a service evaluation that examines the sensitivity and specificity of a broad-range 16S rDNA polymerase chain ...
Alshafi, K, Gouliouris, T, Harris, KA, Hartley, JC, Jalili, S, Munthali, P, NiRiain, U, Williams, OM, Yam, T   +8 more
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Cell-wall glycolipid mutations and their effects on virulence of E. faecalis in a rat model of infective endocarditis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Enterococci are among the major pathogens implicated in cardiac infections and biofilm formation. E. faecalis has been shown to play an important role in infectious endocarditis. Several distinct mechanisms for biofilm formation have been identified in E.
Christoph Haller, Martin Berthold, Dominique Wobser, Andrea Kropec, Marinella Lauriola, Christian Schlensak, Johannes Huebner   +6 more
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Triple valve infective endocarditis - a late diagnosis [PDF]

, 2018
Behcet\u27s disease is a systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology with cardiac involvement as well as damage to other organs. Whether the sterile valvular inflammation which occurs in this autoimmune disease predisposes to bacterial adhesion and ...
Barbulescu, Andreea L., Chisalau, Beatrice A., Ciurea, Paulina L., Dinescu, Stefan C., Efrem, Ion C., Firulescu, Sineta C., Mustafa, Edme R., Parvanescu, Cristina D., Radu, Lucretiu, Tartea, Georgica C., Vreju, Ananu F.   +10 more
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ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS OF RECOMMEN-DATIONS FOR PREVENTION OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS AMONG A GROUP OF 136 IRANIAN DENTAL AND MEDICAL STUDENTS [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2008
Bacterial endocarditis is a serious disease that could occur after invasive dental procedures. Despite a large number of papers written about the knowledge of prevention of bacterial endocarditis among health care workers in western countries, little is ...
M. R. Zarei, N. Navabie G. Chamani
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