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Purpuric rash and right infectious endocarditis

Intensive Care Medicine, 2018
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Alexandre Pierre, Camille Thieffry, Anne-Sophie Moreau, Thibault Duburcq   +3 more
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Clinical Practice Update on Infectious Endocarditis

The American Journal of Medicine, 2020
Infectious endocarditis is a highly morbid disease with approximately 43,000 cases per year in the United States. The modified Duke Criteria have poor sensitivity; however, advances in diagnostic imaging provide new tools for clinicians to make what can be an elusive diagnosis.
Sami El-Dalati, Daniel Cronin, Michael Shea, Richard Weinberg, James Riddell, Laraine Washer, Emily Shuman, James Burke, Sadhana Murali, Christopher Fagan, Twisha Patel, Kirra Ressler, George Michael Deeb   +12 more
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Splenic Abscess Complicating Infectious Endocarditis

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1983
Infective endocarditis is the most common condition predisposing a patient to splenic abscess, and the conditions of 37 such patients are reviewed herein. Streptococci accounted for 18 abscesses, with six containing enterococci; 12 other contained staphylococci.
Chin Hak Chun, Martin J. Raff, Judith D. Johnson, Barnwell Pa   +3 more
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Infectious endocarditis in the intensive care unit

Medicina Intensiva (English Edition), 2012
To study the characteristics, evolution and prognosis of patients with infectious endocarditis requiring treatment in the Intensive Care Unit.A prospective, observational cohort study of patients admitted due to infectious endocarditis.Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital, a third - level center with a recruitment population of 493,145.All ...
Marcos Rodríguez-Esteban, H. Pérez-Hernández, Luis Álvarez-Acosta, Sara Miranda-Montero, S. Lubillo-Montenegro, Rafael Llorens-León   +5 more
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THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1915
Since the researches of Poynton and Paine about fifteen years ago which resulted in the isolation of an infectious agent of acute rheumatism, much has been accomplished to elucidate the etiology of infections of the endocardium. Particular interest attaches to the work of Billings, who in 1909 isolated what appeared to be an attenuated pneumococcus in ...
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Infectious endocarditis: An update for emergency clinicians

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018
Infectious endocarditis (IE) is a potentially deadly disease without therapy and can cause a wide number of findings and symptoms, often resembling a flu-like illness, which makes diagnosis difficult.This narrative review evaluates the presentation, evaluation, and management of infective endocarditis in the emergency department, based on the most ...
Brit Long, Alex Koyfman
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Infectious Endocarditis Caused By Actinobacillus Actinomycetemcomitans

Angiology, 1985
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is a very uncommon cause of infectious endocarditis. The organism was first described in 1912.1 Thjotta and Sydnes2 reported its isolation in pure culture from a long standing abscess which had developed after tooth extraction.
C. Gopalaswamy, B.S. Kim, C. Patel, Lawrence Gould, K. Freiberg   +4 more
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Infectious endocarditis due to Corynebacterium xerosis

Cardiovascular Pathology, 2003
Corynebacterium xerosis is a rare cause of endocarditis, mainly affecting immunocompromised patients and those with predisposing cardiovascular lesions. While often considered a blood culture contaminant, serious infections by this organism have been reported. C.
Renu Virmani, Bruce Lloyd, Breno Pessanha, Breno Pessanha, Thida Lwin, Andrew Farb   +5 more
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Infectious endocarditis in intensive care medicine

Medicina Intensiva (English Edition), 2012
e a e d s m v t s t z E i r f d m En el elegante estudio de Miranda-Montero et al.1 se explora una cohorte de 102 pacientes con endocarditis infecciosa (EI), de los que 38 requieren ingreso en medicina intensiva (37%). El presente manuscrito transmite a traves de un exquisito diseno, una informacion primordial sobre la endocarditis infecciosa (EI ...
M. Ruiz Bailén, C. Navarro Ramírez, A.M. Castillo Rivera   +2 more
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Infectious Complications in Infective Endocarditis

2016
Endocarditis has protean systemic and cardiac manifestations. The infective vegetation mediates a destructive process which can involve the cardiac valves and/or perivalvular region. Valvular complications can vary from leaflet erosion or perforation to diverticulum formation, while perivalvular involvement includes abscess, perivalvular regurgitation,
Kwan Leung Chan, Bradley D. Hayley
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