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Re: Complicated Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis in a Patient with Ventricular Septal Defect

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2014
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Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi
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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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Culture-negative subacute bacterial endocarditis masquerades as granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s granulomatosis) involving both the kidney and lung

BMC Nephrology, 2012
Background Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) occasionally exhibits positive cytoplasmic anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (c-ANCA) of the anti-proteinase-3 (PR-3) type.
Peng Hui, Chen Wen-fang, Wu Chao, Chen Yan-ru, Peng Bo, Paudel Sujay Dutta, Lou Tan-qi   +6 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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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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Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis with Leptotrichia goodfellowii in a Patient with a Valvular Allograft: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2016
Leptotrichia species are normal constituents of the oral cavity and the genitourinary tract microbiota that are known to provoke disease in immunocompromised patients and rarely in immunocompetent individuals.
Wilfredo R. Matias, Daniel L. Bourque, Tomoko Niwano, Andrew B. Onderdonk, Joel T. Katz   +4 more
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Cecocentral scotoma as the initial manifestation of subacute bacterial endocarditis

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2011
Danielle Savitsky Strauss, Samuel Baharestani, Julia Nemiroff, Kiran Amesur, David HowardNew York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USAIntroduction: We report a case of a 67-year-old male who presented with a cecocentral scotoma caused by ...
Danielle Savitsky Strauss, Samuel Baharestani, Julia Nemiroff, et al   +3 more
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