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Pascal's Wager, infective endocarditis and the "no-lose" philosophy in medicine [PDF]
, 2010 Doctors and dentists have traditionally used antibiotic prophylaxis in certain patient groups in order to prevent infective endocarditis (IE). New guidelines, however, suggest that the risk to patients from using antibiotics is higher than the risk from ...
Conway, D.I., Shaw, D.M., Shaw, D.
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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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Endocarditis at the Millennium [PDF]
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999 The members of the Interplanetary Society (Pus Club) have made significant contributions to the understanding of the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis (IE). Although the incidence of IE has essentially remained unchanged, the spectrum and characteristics of patients potentially affected by this disorder are expanding.
C J, Hoesley, C G, Cobbs
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Endocarditis-associated rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis mimicking vasculitis: a diagnostic and treatment challenge [PDF]
, 2022 Infective endocarditis (IE)-associated rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is rarely reported. Sporadic case reports have noted the diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in IE-associated glomerulonephritis because it may masquerade as idiopathic
Xiaohong Fan (280663) +10 more
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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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Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis with isolated tricuspid valve involvement [PDF]
, 2014 Staphylococcus lugdunensis is often misidentified as S aureus and as a rare cause of infective endocarditis. The clinical course of S lugdunensis endocarditis is aggressive and the mortality rate is high in contrast to S epidermidis endocarditis.
Chung, Kuei-Pin;Chang, Hou-Tai;Liao, Chun-Hsing;Chu, Fang-Yeh;Hsueh, Po-Ren +1 more
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Infective endocarditis is associated with worse outcomes in stroke: A Thailand National Database Study. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: There is lack of data on the association between infective endocarditis (IE) and outcomes of mortality and complications is stroke. We aimed to compare characteristics and outcomes of stroke patients with and without IE.
Mamas
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Contemporary clinical profile and outcome of prosthetic valve endocarditis [PDF]
, 2007 CONTEXT: Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. The contemporary clinical profile and outcome of PVE are not well defined.
Rizzi, Marco +25 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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