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Infective Endocarditis in Disseminated <i>Streptococcus dysgalactiae</i> Infection Originating From Hitherto Undetected Colorectal Adenocarcinoma. [PDF]

Case Rep Infect Dis
A 60‐year‐old woman presented with polyarthritis in the aftermath of an upper respiratory tract infection. Further investigation revealed infective mitral valve endocarditis necessitating acute surgical valve replacement due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae, as evidenced by positive blood and intraoperative cultures, with disseminated infection and septic
Meeus R, Bacquaert L, Baert F, Dujardin K, Vogelaers D.   +4 more
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Prophylactic Antibiotics for Prevention of Infective Endocarditis or Bacteremia in Pediatric Patients With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Dental Procedures: Systematic Review. [PDF]

Spec Care Dentist
ABSTRACT Aim To assess the effectiveness of prophylactic antibiotics in preventing infective endocarditis (IE) after dental procedures in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease. Methods Six electronic databases and grey literature were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs), case‐control studies, and cohort studies in pediatric ...
Loper C, Baskette J, Fagan TR, Sardana D.   +3 more
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Embolic Stroke as a Complication of <i>Streptococcus gordonii</i> Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis in a Pacemaker Carrier: First Case From Lebanon. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT In this article, we report the case of a 57‐year‐old hypertensive man with a prosthetic valve and a pacemaker who presented after many hours of onset of left‐sided hemiplegia, left facial drop and dysarthria. Computed tomography of the brain revealed an ischemic stroke, and after an extensive workup the diagnosis of an embolic stroke induced ...
Hamadeh W, Harb YA, Abdelhadi A.
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High BMI and low cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescence are associated with increased risk of severe bacterial infections in adulthood. [PDF]

J Intern Med
Abstract Background Obesity and poor physical fitness in youth are established risk factors for future cardiovascular disease and cancer. However, their potential impact on the risk of severe bacterial infections later in life remains unclear. Methods This register‐based cohort study followed almost 1 million Swedish conscripts (mean age 18.3 years ...
Sourander B, Mehlig K, Olsen F, Lindgren M, Snygg-Martin U, Gisslén M, Rosengren A, Åberg M, Robertson J.   +8 more
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Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis Presenting With Cardio-Hepatorenal Syndrome in a 21-Year-Old Patient: A Case Report of Diagnostic Workup and Management. [PDF]

Case Rep Cardiol
Infective endocarditis (IE) imposes a challenge in clinical practice, often demanding rapid and precise identification of the causative agent to guide tailored therapeutic interventions. However, a subset of cases presents an elusive diagnostic dilemma with culture‐negative results, thereby complicating the management strategy.
Kotaich J, Ghanem S, Mina N, El Saleh R, Awada R, Chaaban S, Jammal K.   +6 more
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Meningitis and Bacteremia Caused by <i>Streptococcus suis</i>: First Case Report in Colombia. [PDF]

Case Rep Infect Dis
The first documented instance of acute bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis in Colombia has been reported. A 69‐year‐old male resident of a rural area with a history of direct contact with pigs presented to the clinic with a persistent fever, severe headaches, and altered consciousness.
Santiago SP, Luis CN, Carlos PT, Victor BZ, Antonio RN.   +4 more
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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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Roth spots: A window to underlying systemic conditions

TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research, 2020
Roth spots are white-centered hemorrhages which can be the first clinical presentation of an underlying systemic disorder such as subacute bacterial endocarditis, leukemia, and anemia.
Sashwanthi Mohan, Mohan Rajan
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Immune-Complex Allergic Vasculitis in Association with the Immune-Complex Allergic Vasculitis in Association with the Development of Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report [PDF]

, 1996
A severe vasculitis, probably therapy related, in a sixty-four-year-old man being treated for possible subacute bacterial endocarditis, was associated with the development of transverse myelitis.
Günter Pilz, Lie JT, Paine RS, Sigrid Nikol, Tanya Y. Huehns, Wolfgang von Scheidt   +5 more
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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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