Case Reports in Cardiology, 2019 Gram-positive cocci species, notably Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Enterococcus account for 80 to 90% of infective endocarditis cases. HACEK microorganisms (Haemophilus spp., Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella ...
Alisha Khan +2 more
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Antibiotic Prescribing Practices of Filipino Dentists [PDF]
, 2019 There are reports that dentists overprescribe antibiotics which may contribute to antibiotic resistance. This is an exploratory study on antibiotic prescribing practices of Filipino dentists using an online platform to form a basis for antimicrobial ...
Maglutac Jr, Mariano T +2 more
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Scope and Predictive Genetic/Phenotypic Signatures of Bicarbonate (NaHCO3) Responsiveness and β-Lactam Sensitization in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. [PDF]
, 2020 Addition of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) to standard antimicrobial susceptibility testing medium reveals certain methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains to be highly susceptible to β-lactams.
Bayer, Arnold S +12 more
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Immune-Complex Allergic Vasculitis in Association with the Immune-Complex Allergic Vasculitis in Association with the Development of Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report [PDF]
, 1996 A severe vasculitis, probably therapy related, in a sixty-four-year-old man being treated for possible subacute bacterial endocarditis, was associated with the development of transverse myelitis.
Günter Pilz +5 more
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Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Related to Persistent Endovascular Infection. [PDF]
, 2019 Persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia (PB) represents an important subset of S. aureus infection and correlates with poor clinical outcomes.
Bayer, Arnold S +3 more
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Splenic infarction: an update on William Osler\u27s observations. [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Osler taught that splenic infarction presents with left upper abdominal quadrant pain, tenderness and swelling accompanied by a peritoneal friction rub.
Aharoni, MD, Dvora +5 more
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Transcription profiling reveals potential mechanisms of dysbiosis in the oral microbiome of rhesus macaques with chronic untreated SIV infection. [PDF]
, 2013 A majority of individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have inadequate access to antiretroviral therapy and ultimately develop debilitating oral infections that often correlate with disease progression.
A Uehara +65 more
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A Retrospective Analysis of Treatment and Clinical Outsomes among Patients with Methicillin-Susceptible \u3cem\u3eStaphlococcus aureus\u3c/em\u3e Bloodstream Isolates Possessing detecable mecA by a Commercial PCR Assay Compared to Patients with Methicillin-Resistant \u3cem\u3eStaphylococcus aureus\u3c/em\u3e Bloodstream Isolates [PDF]
, 2018 mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates phenotypically susceptible to cefoxitin (mecA-methicillin-sensitive S. aureus[MSSA]) have been identified. We describe the treatment and outcomes among patients with mecA-MSSA bloodstream infections (BSI) and ...
Dilworth, Thomas J. +3 more
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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2015 Endocarditis secondary to Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rare entity often involving prosthetic valves and rarely native valves. Pulmonic valve endocarditis secondary to any organism is rare.
Aaron M. Mulhall +1 more
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Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis in an indigenous Australian male without classic risk factors
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018 Aspergillus endocarditis is rare with most cases occurring in immunosuppressed patients. We present the case of an “immunocompetent” Indigenous Australian male with culture confirmed Aspergillus brain abscesses complicating bilateral endocarditis.
Tina Marinelli +3 more
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