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Multimodality Imaging Supports Cardiac Lesion Diagnosis in Patient With Liver Carcinoma: A Case Report

Cancer Reports, Volume 7, Issue 12, December 2024.
ABSTRACT Introduction Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is a rare cardiac manifestation in patients with advanced malignancies of the lungs, pancreas, gynecological system, and gastrointestinal tract. It is often confirmed postmortem by histopathological evidence of sterile platelet‐fibrin deposits attached to the endocardium, most often on ...
Hoa Thi Thuy Nguyen, Yen Thi Hai Nguyen, James N. Kirkpatrick, Viet Khoi Nguyen, Anh Van Nguyen, Hung Manh Pham, Walter Robert Taylor, Hoai Thi Thu Nguyen   +7 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis: The Mechanism of Pathogenicity, Immune Responses, and Diagnostic Challenges

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, Volume 38, Issue 23, December 2024.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis acts as the causative agent of human tuberculosis and is regarded as one of the most adaptable human pathogens. M. tuberculosis possesses several virulence factors that help the bacterium evade mucous barriers. The infection caused by M.
Noura Mohammadnabi, Jebreil Shamseddin, Mobina Emadi, Ali Bayat Bodaghi, Mahdieh Varseh, Aref Shariati, Mina Rezaei, Mahsa Dastranj, Abbas Farahani   +8 more
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Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Autoimmunity Due to Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Its Resolution With Antibiotic Therapy

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Background:Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) is a Gram-negative coccobacillus recognized as a pathogen in periodontitis and infective endocarditis. By producing a toxin (leukotoxin A, LtxA) that triggers global hypercitrullination in neutrophils,
Amarshi Mukherjee, Vanessa Jantsch, Rida Khan, Wolfgang Hartung, René Fischer, Jonathan Jantsch, Boris Ehrenstein, Maximilian F. Konig, Felipe Andrade   +8 more
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Symptomatic Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Positive Disease Complicating Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis: To Treat or Not to Treat?

Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis, 2012
A 54-year-old man was diagnosed with Streptococcus mutans endocarditis of the mitral valve. Serological tests disclosed the presence of multiple autoantibodies including c-ANCA, anti-PR3 and anti-MPO.
K. Konstantinov, A. Harris, M. Hartshorne, A. Tzamaloukas   +3 more
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Chronic brucellosis with sacroiliitis: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 11, November 2024.
Key Clinical Message Brucellosis, especially with osteoarticular involvement, is uncommon and difficult to diagnose, but it should be considered in a case presenting with prolonged fever, joint pain, and back pain. The diagnosis requires a combination of history, serological examinations, and radiographic studies.
Bibek Shrestha, Pradeep Shrestha, Sudip Bastakoti, Prahlad Gupta, Shiva Ram Ale Magar   +4 more
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Inflammation‐Triggered Enlargement of Choroid Plexus in Subacute COVID‐19 Patients with Neurological Symptoms

Annals of Neurology, Volume 96, Issue 4, Page 715-725, October 2024.
Objective To investigate whether choroid plexus volumes in subacute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) patients with neurological symptoms could indicate inflammatory activation or barrier dysfunction and assess their association with clinical data.
Alexander Rau, Gabriel Gonzalez‐Escamilla, Nils Schroeter, Ahmed Othman, Andrea Dressing, Cornelius Weiller, Horst Urbach, Marco Reisert, Sergiu Groppa, Jonas A. Hosp   +9 more
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Recurrent fungal endocarditis of the aortic valve: A challenging clinical scenario

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 10, October 2024.
Key Clinical Message Fungal endocarditis is a rare but potentially fatal infection with significant diagnostic and management challenges. Antifungal therapy and surgical debridement are the preferred treatments in these cases. Antimicrobial therapy with multiple antifungal agents may be required in high‐risk patients presenting with prolonged fever ...
Shannay Bellamy, Mohammed Mirza, Muhammad Faiq Umar, Jacob Enyia, Khurram Malik, Abdul Ameen, Tyrone Krause   +6 more
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Atypical post‐infectious glomerulonephritis with c‐ANCA positivity followed by endocarditis

Nephrology, Volume 29, Issue 9, Page 607-611, September 2024.
Abstract Post‐infectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN), an uncommon variety of glomerulonephritis (GN), is characterized by emergence of nephritic syndrome within a few weeks following an infectious event. PIGN typically presents as a mild condition and tends to resolve by the time of diagnosis for GN.
Seyoung Ryou, Hyeran Park, Seung Yun Chae, Yaeni Kim, Yeong‐Jin Choi, Cheol Whee Park   +5 more
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A Rare Report of Infectious Emphysematous Aortitis Secondary to Clostridium septicum without Prior Vascular Intervention

Case Reports in Vascular Medicine, 2017
The term “mycotic aneurysm” was first used by Osler in 1882 to describe a mushroom-shaped aneurysm in subacute bacterial endocarditis. Mycotic aneurysms account for only 2.6% of all aneurysms of the aorta.
Ciel Harris, Joseph Geffen, Keyrillos Rizg, Stuart Shah, Aaron Richardson, Cherisse Baldeo, Avinash Ramdass   +6 more
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Serum opsonin, bacteria, and polymorphonuclear leukocyte interactions in subacute bacterial endocarditis. Anti-gamma-globulin factors and their interaction with specific opsonins.

Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1968
The effect of anti-gamma-globulin factors on 7S gamma-globulin opsonins from patients with subacute bacterial endocarditis has been examined with a quantitative in vitro phagocytosis system.
Ronald P. Messner, Throstur Laxdal, P. G. Quie, Ralph C. Williams   +3 more
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