Human Pathology: Case Reports, 2019 Whipple's endocarditis is a rare but treatable infectious disease. We discuss the diagnostic work-up of a case lacking classic endocarditis features. Current challenges in diagnosis and treatment of this under-recognized infection are highlighted.
Julia R. Naso +4 more
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Antiglobulins in Endocarditis [PDF]
Infection and Immunity, 1972 Twenty-five patients with endocarditis and serum antiglobulin activity were studied. The antiglobulins were detected by use of the latex agglutination reaction; only eight sera reacted with sensitized sheep cells and one with human O CD erythrocytes coated with anti-CD (Ripley) antibody.
J P, Phair, J, Klippel, M R, Mackenzie
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Incidence, Microbiology, and Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Infective Endocarditis
Circulation, 2020 Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Despite improvements in management, infective endocarditis remains associated with high mortality and morbidity.
Anoop S. V. Shah +13 more
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Multilocus sequence types of invasive Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated in the Rio de Janeiro urban area, Brazil [PDF]
, 2012 Invasive infections caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae in vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals have been reported increasingly. In this study we used multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to study genetic relationships between six invasive strains of
Azevedo, V. +12 more
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Partial Oral versus Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment of Endocarditis
New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 BACKGROUND Patients with infective endocarditis on the left side of the heart are typically treated with intravenous antibiotic agents for up to 6 weeks.
K. Iversen +20 more
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Outcomes in patients with fungal endocarditis: A multicenter observational cohort study
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 Objective: To compare the clinical and epidemiological features, treatments, and outcomes of patients with isolated right-sided and left-sided fungal endocarditis and to determine the risk factors for in-hospital mortality in patients with Candida sp ...
Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano +15 more
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Infective endocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae: A case series
IDCases, 2018 Organisms in the genus Bartonella are cause of blood culture-negative endocarditis. Bartonella infective endocarditis is being increasingly reported worldwide; however, reports from Japan are limited.
Akio Nakasu +4 more
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Pseudomonas MitraClip® endocarditis: A case report and review of literature
IDCases, 2020 Endocarditis from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a rare cause of endocarditis with most of those cases in patients with intravenous drug abuse. The MitraClip® is a relatively new device with few incidences of endocarditis in the literature.
Ralph Tayyar +4 more
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A Case Report of Acute Heart Failure Due to Infective Aortic Endocarditis Diagnosed by Point-of-care Ultrasound [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening condition with significant morbidity and mortality, and can require surgical repair.Case Report: A 36-year-old man presented to the emergency department for worsening dyspnea and chest pain.
Gallagher, Ryan +3 more
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Left atrial mural endocarditis in the absence of significant structural heart disease
American Heart Journal Plus, 2021 Primary mural endocarditis without valvular involvement is rare and most often involves the ventricular endocardium. Left atrial mural endocarditis is an extremely rare subset of infective endocarditis.
Waddah Malas +4 more
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