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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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Infective Endocarditis Due to Eikenella corrodens: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1990
Eikenella corrodens is an uncommon cause of bacterial endocarditis. In the 11 reported cases in the literature, the disease was associated with predisposing factors and was clinically indolent or subacute.
Ward D Patrick, Winston D Brown, M Ian Bowmer, Christian P Sinave   +3 more
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Granulicatella adiacens Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Presenting as Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage and Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2022
We present a case of a 69-year-old male with a past medical history of prostate cancer, chronic mitral valve regurgitation, and recent dental cleaning who presented to the hospital with shortness of breath, anemia, and acute renal failure.
Kevin Dao, Pooja Patel, Kunjan Udani, Erin Pollock, Maryam Gondal   +4 more
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Infective endocarditis: a consumptive disease among the elderly

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2011
The clinical presentation of infective endocarditis varies according to the etiologic agent and the host. In elderly individuals, infective endocarditis can be difficult to diagnose and poses a challenge for the physician.
Vilma Takayasu, Fabiana Roberto Lima, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos   +2 more
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Peripheral ischaemic retinopathy and neovascularisation in a patient with subacute streptococcus mitis-induced bacterial endocarditis

GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2017
Objective: To describe a patient with peripheral retinal ischaemia and neovascularisation who was diagnosed with streptococcus mitis-induced bacterial endocarditis. Methods: Retrospective analysis of case report.
Leysen, Laura S., Kreps, Elke O., De Schryver, Ilse, Hoornaert, Kristien P., Smith, Vanessa, De Zaeytijd, Julie   +5 more
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Rothia dentocariosa Endocarditis in an Unsuspecting Host: A Case Report and Literature Review

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2019
Rothia dentocariosa, a gram-positive coccobacillus, is a commensal bacterium that is part of the oropharynx and respiratory tract. In the past, it was known to be a cause for periodontal disease, but in recent years, Rothia dentocariosa has been found to
Stacy Willner, Zaid Imam, Ismail Hader
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First Reported Case of Bacterial Endocarditis Attributable to Actinomyces meyeri

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1996
A 48-year-old man presented to the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia in severe congestive heart failure. Echocardiographic studies revealed significant aortic valve insufficiency.
Susan Moffatt, A Raza Ahmen, Kevin Forward   +2 more
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Late-Onset Prosthetic Endocarditis with Paraaortic Abscess Caused by Cutibacterium acnes

Infectious Disease Reports, 2023
Cutibacterium acnes, an integral component of the skin’s customary bacterial flora, represents a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium characterized by its low virulence. Despite its low virulence, the pathogen can cause profound-seated infections as well as
Ornela Velollari, Christian Malte Reinhardt, Maike Knorr, Katharina Schnitzler, Dirk Graafen, Matthias Miederer, Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben, Thomas Münzel, Kai-Helge Schmidt, Christian Giebels, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Lukas Hobohm   +11 more
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Accuracy of data routinely collected by Australian hospitals for identifying infective endocarditis, causative organisms and clinical outcomes: a diagnostic accuracy study

Internal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life‐threatening condition, and the surveillance of the incidence is important for monitoring disease trends. Administrative data routinely collected by hospitals offer a feasible and inexpensive method for surveillance of patients with IE, yet the accuracy of coding of IE, causative organisms and ...
Ruturaj Vaidya, Nalin Kataria, Jason Zou, Quan Li, Sunnya Khawaja, Trang Dang, Susan Smith, Katherine Lau, Russell Denman, Yong Wee, Bronwyn Learmouth, Bo Janoschka, John Sedgwick, Robert Horvath, Isuru Ranasinghe   +14 more
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Splenic and kidney infarct: Sequelae of subacute Streptococcus mitis bacterial endocarditis

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2017
Infective endocarditis (IE) is caused due to the vegetation on the heart valves, myocardium wall, or the pacemaker leads. Vegetation is a lesion that appears as a consequence of successive deposition of platelets and fibrin on the endothelial surface of ...
Sushilkumar Satish Gupta, Rajeswer Sarasam, Siddharth Wartak, Vinod Namana   +3 more
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