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Coagulation: At the heart of infective endocarditis
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2020 Infective endocarditis is a life‐threatening and enigmatic disease with a mortality of 30% and a pathophysiology that is poorly understood. However, at its core, an endocarditis lesion is mainly a fibrin and platelet blood clot infested with bacteria ...
L. Liesenborghs +3 more
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IDCases, 2018 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]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013 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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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1975 SummaryA case of Spirillum endocarditis causing severe aortic regurgitation in a 26-year-old man is reported. The infection responded to treatment with oxytetracycline followed by ampicillin, but the valvular damage led to progressive left ventricular failure.
C S, McIntosh, P J, Vickers, A J, Isaacs
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Current AATS guidelines on surgical treatment of infective endocarditis.
Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2019 The 2016 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) guidelines for surgical treatment of infective endocarditis (IE) are question based and address questions of specific relevance to cardiac surgeons.
G. Pettersson, S. Hussain
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Quadravalvular Noninfectious Endocarditis
JACC: Case Reports, 2019 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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Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021 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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JAMA Network Open, 2020 This cohort study assess the association of receipt of medication for opioid use disorder and mortality after hospitalization for injection drug use–associated infective endocarditis in Massachusetts.
S. Kimmel +8 more
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Endocarditis With Complete Heart Block
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2016 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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Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteriuria as a Predictor of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia. Results of a Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]
, 2020 Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SA-BSI) is an infection with increasing morbidity and mortality. Concomitant Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria (SABU) frequently occurs in patients with SA-BSI.
Behnke, Michael +6 more
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