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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Native valve endocarditis complicated by abscess formation caused by Rothia mucilaginosa
IDCases, 2021 Rothia mucilaginosa is increasingly recognized as an emerging pathogen associated with endocarditis. It has mostly been reported a causative agent for prosthetic valve endocarditis.
S. Haddad +5 more
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Pressure relieving support surfaces (PRESSURE) trial : cost effectiveness analysis [PDF]
, 2006 Objective To assess tire cost effectiveness of alternating pressure mattresses compared with alternating pressure overlays for the prevention of pressure ulcers in patients admitted to hospital.
Cranny, Gillian +9 more
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Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in Africa: a OneHealth systematic review [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Q fever is a common cause of febrile illness and community-acquired pneumonia in resource-limited settings. Coxiella burnetii, the causative pathogen, is transmitted among varied host species, but the epidemiology of the organism in Africa
A Benkirane +67 more
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Association of recurrent fever and anemia with infective endocarditis in a 13-year-old girl with bicuspid aortic valve [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2022 Introduction. Infective endocarditis is relatively rare in pediatric population, but can result in significant morbidity and mortality. Children with bicuspid aortic valve are at higher risk of developing infective endocarditis as compared to the general
Petrović Vesna +2 more
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Cerebrovascular complications and infective endocarditis. impact of available evidence on clinical outcome [PDF]
, 2018 Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening disease. Its epidemiological profile has substantially changed in recent years although 1-year mortality is still high.
De Bellis, Antonio +8 more
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Bacteraemia Following Different Orthodontic Treatment Procedure
مجلة كلية الطب, 2009 Background: since the occurrence of transient bacteraemia is fatal following different dental procedures in patients at-risk of bacterial endocarditis, the purpose of this research was to estimate the percentage and nature of bacteraemia following four ...
Mustafa M. Al-Khatieeb
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Case Series of Three Patients with Disseminated Gonococcal Infection and Endocarditis
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2021 Introduction: The increasing incidence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections and emergence of cephalosporin-resistant strains means the threat of disseminated gonococcal infection and endocarditis needs to be reimagined into the differential diagnosis for ...
Phillip Moschella +4 more
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Triple valve infective endocarditis - a late diagnosis [PDF]
, 2018 Behcet\u27s disease is a systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology with cardiac involvement as well as damage to other organs. Whether the sterile valvular inflammation which occurs in this autoimmune disease predisposes to bacterial adhesion and ...
Barbulescu, Andreea L. +10 more
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