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Current Challenges in the Management of Infective Endocarditis
Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Infective endocarditis is a relatively rare, but deadly cause of sepsis, with an overall mortality ranging from 20 to 25% in most series. Although the classic clinical classification into syndromes of acute or subacute endocarditis have not completely ...
Guillermo Cuervo +7 more
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Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016 Fungal endocarditis is a rare and fatal condition. The Candida and Aspergillus species are the two most common etiologic fungi found responsible for fungal endocarditis. Fever and changing heart murmur are the most common clinical manifestations. Some patients may have a fever of unknown origin as the onset symptom. The diagnosis of fungal endocarditis
S. Yuan
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016 Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare, life-threatening disease that has long-lasting effects even among patients who survive and are cured. IE disproportionately affects those with underlying structural heart disease and is increasingly associated with health care contact, particularly in patients who have intravascular prosthetic material.
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The 2023 Duke-ISCVID Criteria for Infective Endocarditis: Updating the Modified Duke Criteria.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2023 The microbiology, epidemiology, diagnostics, and treatment of infective endocarditis (IE) have changed significantly since the Duke Criteria were published in 1994 and modified in 2000.
V. Fowler +24 more
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Fungal Endocarditis: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2023 Fungal endocarditis accounts for 1% to 3% of all infective endocarditis cases, is associated with high morbidity and mortality (>70%), and presents numerous challenges during clinical care. Candida spp.
G. Thompson +10 more
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Circulation, 2022 Background: The American Heart Association has sponsored both guidelines and scientific statements that address the diagnosis, management, and prevention of infective endocarditis.
L. Baddour +8 more
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Infective endocarditis: A contemporary update.
Clinical medicine (London), 2020 Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a rare condition but one with high associated morbidity and mortality. With an ageing population and increasing use of implantable cardiac devices and heart valves, the epidemiology of IE has changed.
R. Rajani, J. Klein
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European Heart Journal, 2015 3D : three-dimensional AIDS : acquired immune deficiency syndrome b.i.d. : bis in die (twice daily) BCNIE : blood culture-negative infective endocarditis CDRIE : cardiac device-related infective endocarditis CHD : congenital heart disease CIED : cardiac ...
G. Habib +19 more
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18F-FDG PET/CT in Infective Endocarditis: Indications and Approaches for Standardization
Current Cardiology Reports, 2021 Purpose of Review Additional imaging modalities, such as FDG-PET/CT, have been included into the workup for patients with suspected infective endocarditis, according to major international guidelines published in 2015.
D. Ten Hove +4 more
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Proposed modifications to the Duke criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2000 Although the sensitivity and specificity of the Duke criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) have been validated by investigators from Europe and the United States, several shortcomings of this schema remain.
Jennifer S. Li +7 more
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