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Infective endocarditis at a hospital in Saudi Arabia: epidemiology, bacterial pathogens and outcome

open access: yesAnnals of Saudi Medicine, 2009
Background and Objective : Data on infective endocarditis prevalence, epidemiology and etiology from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region are sparse. We undertook this study to describe the pattern and the causative agents of endocarditis at a hospital in ...
Al-Tawfiq Jaffar, Sufi Ismail
doaj  

Microbiological Characteristics of Pathogens Isolated From Blood Cultures of Patients With Acute Cholangitis: Insights From Patients With Biliary‐Enteric Anastomosis

open access: yesJournal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We aimed to investigate the microbiological characteristics of pathogens isolated from blood cultures (BCs) of patients with acute cholangitis (AC) after biliary‐enteric anastomosis and biliary intervention (BI). Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 366 patients with AC and bacteremia between 2015 and 2024 at Hiroshima ...
Yuta Kuhara   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overview and Comparison of Infectious Endocarditis and Non-infectious Endocarditis: A Review of 814 Autoptic Cases

open access: yesIn Vivo, 2019
Aim: We examined evidence on infective and non-infective endocarditis obtained from a database of 50,403 clinical autopsies performed at an Italian general hospital between January 1983 and December 2006.
R. Bussani   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dose‐dependent association of systemic comorbidities with periodontitis severity: A large population cross‐sectional study

open access: yesJournal of Periodontology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background To examine whether the associations between periodontitis and multiple systemic conditions increase with increasing severity of periodontitis using a multi‐center electronic health record (EHR) repository. Methods A cross‐sectional analysis was conducted using EHR data from 9 dental schools in the United States.
Muhammad H. A. Saleh, Hamoun Sabri
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosis of infective endocarditis with cardiac CT in an adult

open access: yesRadiology Case Reports, 2019
The diagnosis of infective endocarditis is based on modified Duke's criteria, which includes clinical, biological, and echocardiographic findings. However, computed tomography (CT) has not been mentioned as a diagnostic tool in the criteria.
Kotaro Ouchi, MD, PhD   +6 more
doaj  

Vanquish the vancomycin trough: a real‐world experience of pharmacist‐driven Bayesian software‐guided dosing using area under the curve (AUC) targets

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Background A tertiary healthcare institution, located in New Zealand, switched from targeting trough vancomycin concentrations to 24‐h area under the concentration‐time curve (AUC24), facilitated by pharmacists using a Bayesian software‐guided approach.
Duncan Yorkston   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial Zoonoses and Infective Endocarditis, Algeria

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
Blood culture–negative endocarditis is common in Algeria. We describe the etiology of infective endocarditis in this country. Samples from 110 cases in 108 patients were collected in Algiers. Blood cultures were performed in Algeria.
Akila Benslimani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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