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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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Endocarditis With Complete Heart Block

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2016
Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis causes 5% of all bacterial endocarditis. Among gram-negative bacteria, Klebsiella species are rare causes of native valve endocarditis.
Saad Ullah MD, Omar Elbita MD, Mahmoud Abdelghany MD, Hassan Tahir MD, Puneet Tuli MD, Waseem Zaid Alkilani MD, Joshan Suri MD   +6 more
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Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis in a splenectomized patient with no risk factors

IDCases, 2020
Aspergillus endocarditis is a rare cause of culture-negative fungal endocarditis, after Candida endocarditis. Typical risk factors include intravenous drug use, immunosuppression, prior cardiac surgery or presence of prosthetic heart valves ...
Abhimanyu Aggarwal, Karen Hogan, Armando Paez   +2 more
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Rare and challenging case of stroke as a manifestation of non bacterial thrombotic endocarditis in an underlying ovarian clear cell carcinoma

JRSM Open, 2016
Non bacterial thrombotic endocarditis presenting as a stroke is a rare presentation as a result of an underlying occult ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma.
Vijayabharathy Kanthasamy, Indira Natarajan   +1 more
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Europe's contribution to the evaluation of the use of systemic antimicrobials in the treatment of periodontitis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This narrative review celebrates Europe's contribution to the current knowledge on systemically administered antimicrobials in periodontal treatment. Periodontitis is the most frequent chronic noncommunicable human disease. It is caused by dysbiotic bacterial biofilms and is commonly treated with subgingival instrumentation.
David Herrera, Arie Jan van Winkelhoff, Paula Matesanz, Katalina Lauwens, Wim Teughels   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolution

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2001
With the development of penicillin, Streptococcus pneumoniae has become an uncommon cause of bacterial endocarditis in adults. Subacute manifestation of pneumococcal endocarditis has been reported a few times in the literature, but most reports define ...
Laercio Uemura, Newton César Grassi, Luciane Cazarin   +2 more
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Maltohexaose-indocyanine green (MH-ICG) for near infrared imaging of endocarditis.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Infectious endocarditis is a life-threatening disease, and diagnostics are urgently needed to accurately diagnose this disease especially in the case of prosthetic valve endocarditis. We show here that maltohexaose conjugated to indocyanine green (MH-ICG)
Kiyoko Takemiya, Joachim J Røise, Maomao He, Chung Taing, Alexander G Rodriguez, Niren Murthy, Mark M Goodman, W Robert Taylor   +7 more
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Periodontitis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: A critical appraisal

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract In spite of intensive research efforts driving spectacular advances in terms of prevention and treatments, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain a leading health burden, accounting for 32% of all deaths (World Health Organization. “Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs).” WHO, February 1, 2017, https://www.who.int/news‐room/fact‐sheets/detail ...
Maria Clotilde Carra, Hélène Rangé, Giuseppina Caligiuri, Philippe Bouchard   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with infective endocarditis, a three-year study

Revista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E. Marinello Vidaurreta, 2021
Background: infective endocarditis has a poor prognosis and a high mortality rate. Incidence and mortality have not decreased in the last 30 years.Objective: to characterize clinical and epidemiological variables of patients with infective endocarditis ...
Yanara Rodríguez-González, Manuel de Jesús Díaz-Pérez, Maikel Santos-Medina, Daisy del Carmen Rodríguez-Moro, Vladimir Molina-Raad   +4 more
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Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Infective Endocarditis in Tabriz, Azerbaijan [PDF]

Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2013
Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze a PCR based approach for detection of infective endocarditis in Azerbaijan. Methods: Ten aortic valves, 8 mitral valves and 2 tricuspid valves, were analyzed for the presence of bacterial infective ...
Reza Ghotaslou, Behnaz Salahi Eshlaghi, Fatemeh Yeganeh, Alireza Yaghoubi   +3 more
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