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Overview and Comparison of Infectious Endocarditis and Non-infectious Endocarditis: A Review of 814 Autoptic Cases [PDF]
We examined evidence on infective and non-infective endocarditis obtained from a database of 50,403 clinical autopsies performed at an Italian general hospital between January 1983 and December 2006.Out of 814 endocarditis cases, 409 were of infective endocarditis (IE) and 405 non-infective (NIE).
Bussani R.+8 more
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CHRONIC INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS [PDF]
Bacteriemia now is recognized readily by means of blood cultures and a blood culture in febrile patients has come to be a not unusual routine in many hospitals. The technic is so simple that it may be successfully done at the bedside in private practice and the culture media may be transported a considerable distance to the laboratory.
Frank Billings
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Non-infectious thrombotic endocarditis [PDF]
Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos+3 more
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A study of infectious endocarditis in Ribeirão Preto, SP - Brazil. Analysis of cases occurring between 1992 and 1997 [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical aspects causes and evolution of infectious endocarditis. METHODS: The patients analyzed were treated at the University Hospital of the Faculdade de Medicina of Ribeirão Preto-USP and had a ...
Everaldo Ruiz Jr+2 more
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Infectious endocarditis – current profile [PDF]
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a disease of the endocardium of the heart and the endocardium of the great vessels, with infection affecting heart valves (native or prosthetic) and subvalvular structures and, in the last few decades, indwelling ...
B. Dobreva-Yatseva+3 more
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Computed Tomography in Infectious Endocarditis. [PDF]
Imaging is one of the cornerstones in diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis, underlined by recent guidelines. Echocardiography is the first-line imaging technique, however, computed tomography (CT) has a class I recommendation in native and prosthetic valve endocarditis to detect valvular lesions in case of possible endocarditis and to ...
Dalebout EM+5 more
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Modern Masks of Infectious Endocarditis
The article gives the definition of infectious endocarditis, raises the issues of epidemiology, etiology, classification, and diagnostic criteria of this disease.
G. V. Rodoman+7 more
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Infectious Endocarditis Accompanied by Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis. [PDF]
Bacterial endocarditis is a rare infection that can present with variable clinical manifestations. Rarely, it can present as cutaneous vasculitis characterized by a purpuric rash mimicking immune-mediated vasculitis. There have been a few case reports of leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) due to infectious endocarditis.
Lunsford J, Pant P, Rush PS.
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INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS WITH COXIELLA BURNETII [PDF]
Q fever is caused by an anthropozoonosis determined by the pathogen Coxiella burnetii, a gram-negative bacterium with intracellular growth. The occurrence of infection in the human species takes place through inhalation of contaminated aerosols or dust
Claudia-Elena Plesca+4 more
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Vasculitis and cerebral hemorrhage due to infectious endocarditis: A case report [PDF]
Infective endocarditis is an infection of the heart with systemic consequences, both infectious and non-infectious. Infective endocarditis can affect several systems, one of which is the central nervous system.
César Augusto Arias Velásquez+2 more
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