Rare case of Proteus mirabilis native mitral valve endocarditis in an immunocompromised patient
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Bacterial infective endocarditis caused by Proteus mirabilis is rare and there are few cases in the literature. The natural history and treatment of this disease is not as clear but presumed to be associated with complicated urinary tract ...
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Abiotrophia Endocarditis in Children with No Underlying Heart Disease: A Rare but a Virulent Organism [PDF]
, 2014 Infective endocarditis is extremely rare in children with structurally normal hearts. The most common etiological agents are staphylococcal and streptococcal species.
Aggarwal, Sanjeev +3 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012 Background Despite advances in antimicrobial and surgical therapy, septic arthritis remains a rheumatologic emergency that can lead to rapid joint destruction and irreversible loss of function.
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Misdiagnosis of Streptococcus gallolyticus endocarditis
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2016 Death certificate inaccuracy is of major concern both in the public health domain and in individual health care, since it may yield untruthful data on the incidence, prevalence, and lethality of medical entities, and may hamper prophylactic measures ...
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A novel family of bacterial sialic acid binding adhesins? [PDF]
, 2020 of Distinction at Nationwide Children's Annual Research RetreatThird place in Biomedical Sciences at the Denman Undergraduate Research ForumPlatelet binding is a critical step in the development of Infective Endocarditis (IE), an infection of the ...
Patel, Surina
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GLOMERULAR LESIONS OF SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1912 1. In most cases of chronic or subacute bacterial endocarditis due to the endocarditis coccus (Streptococcus viridans), there exists a distinctive pathological lesion in some of the glomeruli due to bacterial emboli. 2.
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Antibiotic prophylaxis of infective endocarditis [PDF]
, 2017 Links between infective endocarditis (IE) and den-tal and other invasive procedures were first identified in the1920s, and the use of antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) to prevent IEwas first recommended by the American Heart Association in1955. Recognising the
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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.
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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.
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A case of left atrial myxoma accompanied by pancytopenia and pathological findings suggestive of pulmonary hypertension [PDF]
, 1974 A case of left atrial myxoma accompanied by peculiar symptoms is reported. A 15-year old boy had progressive congestive heart failure and three episodes of acute attacks of panctyopenia. The anemia was accompanied by helmet-shaped, broken red blood cells,
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