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Association of recurrent fever and anemia with infective endocarditis in a 13-year-old girl with bicuspid aortic valve [PDF]

open access: yesSrpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2022
Introduction. Infective endocarditis is relatively rare in pediatric population, but can result in significant morbidity and mortality. Children with bicuspid aortic valve are at higher risk of developing infective endocarditis as compared to the general
Petrović Vesna   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infective endocarditis [PDF]

open access: yesNature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare, life-threatening disease that has long-lasting effects even among patients who survive and are cured. IE disproportionately affects those with underlying structural heart disease and is increasingly associated with health care contact, particularly in patients who have intravascular prosthetic material.
Holland, Thomas   +5 more
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Infective Endocarditis as the Cause of Death: A Population based Study in Portugal, from 2002 to 2018

open access: yesActa 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
doaj   +1 more source

Novel Tissue Level Effects of the Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin Gene Cluster Are Essential for Infective Endocarditis. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Superantigens are indispensable virulence factors for Staphylococcus aureus in disease causation. Superantigens stimulate massive immune cell activation, leading to toxic shock syndrome (TSS) and contributing to other illnesses.
Christopher S Stach   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A rare simultaneous occurrence: Mitral valve endocarditis complicated by iliac saddle and cerebral embolisms

open access: yesRevista Colombiana de Cardiología, 2022
Infective endocarditis is a severe disease with a high mortality and morbidity, and its clinical heterogeneity is a challenging barrier to rapid diagnosis and treatment.
Yavuzer Koza   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cerebrovascular complications and infective endocarditis. impact of available evidence on clinical outcome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening disease. Its epidemiological profile has substantially changed in recent years although 1-year mortality is still high.
De Bellis, Antonio   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Triple valve infective endocarditis - a late diagnosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Behcet\u27s disease is a systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology with cardiac involvement as well as damage to other organs. Whether the sterile valvular inflammation which occurs in this autoimmune disease predisposes to bacterial adhesion and ...
Barbulescu, Andreea L.   +10 more
core   +3 more sources

Pressure relieving support surfaces (PRESSURE) trial : cost effectiveness analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Objective To assess tire cost effectiveness of alternating pressure mattresses compared with alternating pressure overlays for the prevention of pressure ulcers in patients admitted to hospital.
Cranny, Gillian   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Infective Endocarditis as a Complication of Intravenous Drug Use in Pregnancy: A Retrospective Case Series and Literature Review

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2020
Objective An increase in opioid use disorder and subsequent intravenous drug use has led to an increase in sequalae that may complicate pregnancy, such as infective endocarditis.
Adebayo Adesomo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Duke minor criterion "predisposing heart condition" in native valve infective endocarditis – a systematic review

open access: yesSwiss Medical Weekly, 2018
BACKGROUND The term “predisposition” is used as an indication of antimicrobial prophylaxis to prevent infective endocarditis and as a criterion for diagnosing infective endocarditis according to the modified Duke criteria.
Annina E. Buechi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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