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Yersinia enterocolitica in Italy. A case of septicemia and abdominal aortic aneurysm infection [PDF]
We report a case of Yersinia enterocolitica septicemia in a 63-year-old patient admitted to the Vascular Surgery Department of Umberto I Hospital (Rome, Italy) for an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Alessia Bressan +10 more
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Native-valve endocarditis due to Candida pulcherrima
Fungal endocarditis (FE) is an uncommon disease, an while accounting for only 1.3-6% of all cases of infectious endocarditis, it carries a high mortality risk.
Antonella D’Andria
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Presence Of A Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve Among Patients Having Combined Mitral And Aortic Valve Replacement [PDF]
Although bicuspid aortic valve occurs in an estimated 1% of adults and mitral valve prolapse in an estimated 5% of adults, occurrence of the 2 in the same patient is infrequent.
Hamman, Baron Lloyd +5 more
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Bartonella is among the most common causes of culture-negative infective endocarditis, with B. henselae being one of the most frequently reported species.
Preudtipong Noopetch +2 more
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Polymicrobial Endocarditis in Intravenous Heroin and Fentanyl Abuse [PDF]
Infective endocarditis is a life threatening condition with a high mortality rate. Intravenous Drug Abusers (IVDA) are more likely to acquire endocarditis.
Raman Mehrzad +2 more
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Most patients with infective endocarditis (IE) manifest fever. Comparison of endocarditis patients with and without fever, and whether the lack of fever in IE is a marker for poorer outcomes, such as demonstrated in other severe infectious diseases, have not been defined.Cases from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, Division of Infectious Diseases ...
Daniel C DeSimone +6 more
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Quadravalvular Noninfectious Endocarditis
Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is characterized by sterile thrombi on cardiac valves. This report describes the case of nonbacterial endocarditis without pathologic findings of fibrin or platelet deposition. Quadrivalvular endocarditis was found to
Peter P. Vlismas, MD +4 more
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Endocarditis With Complete Heart Block
Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis causes 5% of all bacterial endocarditis. Among gram-negative bacteria, Klebsiella species are rare causes of native valve endocarditis.
Saad Ullah MD +6 more
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Haemophilus endocarditis [PDF]
Summary Two cases are presented of Haemophilus endocarditis in patients with presumed normal valves. One case was due to H. influenzae presenting as a typical case of infective endocarditis and the other was due to H. para-influenzae presenting as an acute pyrexia of unknown origin. The difficulties in making the diagnosis
A M, Emmerson +2 more
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Introduction: Infective endocarditis presents a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Population-based studies addressing mortality caused by infective endocarditis in Portugal are scarce.
Catarina de Sousa +2 more
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