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First report of infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pseudoporcinus in Vietnam

New Microbes and New Infections, 2020
We report a first case of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus bacteraemia causing infective endocarditis in a 40-year-old man in Vietnam. This is the second case of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus infective endocarditis in the literature.
P.D. Hai, N.M. Dung, P.N. Son, L.L. Phuong, B.T. Thuyet, L.V. Hoa   +5 more
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A retrospective epidemiologic study to define risk factors, microbiology, and clinical outcomes of infective endocarditis in a large tertiary-care teaching hospital

SAGE Open Medicine, 2017
Objective: This study aims to define risk factors as well as their association with microbiology and clinical outcomes in a large US infective endocarditis population. Methods: Hospital records were searched for appropriate infective endocarditis–related
Anahita S Mostaghim, Hoi Yee Annie Lo, Nancy Khardori   +2 more
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Infective Endocarditis as a Complication of Intravenous Drug Use in Pregnancy: A Retrospective Case Series and Literature Review

American 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, Veronica Gonzalez-Brown, Kara M. Rood   +2 more
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The changing epidemiology and clinical features of infective endocarditis: A retrospective study of 196 episodes in a teaching hospital in China

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2017
Background Infective endocarditis is an uncommon but life-threatening infectious disease. To our knowledge, current investigations of the characteristics of infective endocarditis in our region are scarce.
Wan Zhu, Qian Zhang, Jingping Zhang
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Contemporary risk models for infective endocarditis surgery: a narrative review

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease, 2023
Infective endocarditis is a complex heterogeneous condition involving the infection of the endocardium and heart valves, leading to severe complications, including death.
Ankit Agrawal, Aro Daniela Arockiam, Yasser Jamil, Joseph El Dahdah, Bianca Honnekeri, Michel Chedid El Helou, Joseph Kassab, Tom Kai Ming Wang   +7 more
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Injecting Drug Addiction as a Risk Factor for Infective Endocarditis

Антибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2020
In recent decades, the number and ratio of the main risk factors for infective endocarditis has increased. Among them, injecting drug addiction and other peripheral vascular disease factors play a key role.
A. I. Danilov, S. N. Kozlov, I. P. Zharkova, A. V. Evseev, V. V. Mladov   +4 more
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Type A Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Multiple Aortocardiac Fistulae: Case Report and Brief Literature Review

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2017
Aortocardiac fistulae (ACF) are exceptionally due to infective endocarditis; they are usually congenital, posttraumatic, or complicate aortic dissection.
Amine Ghalem, Mohammed Bachrif, Anass Hbali, Mostapha Beghi, Nabila Ismaili, Noha El Ouafi   +5 more
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Pulmonic valve infective endocarditis from staph lugdunensis

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019
Pulmonic valve endocarditis is an extremely rare entity. Only 1.1% of all cases of all infective endocarditis affect the pulmonic valve. Furthermore, it is even more uncommon for such a disease process to occur in a young and healthy individual without ...
Syed Iftikhar, Vinh Luu, Teddy Truc, Amin Sabet, Javad Savoj, Mimi Biswas   +5 more
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Antibiotic prophylaxis with amoxicillin to prevent infective endocarditis in periodontitis patients reconsidered: a narrative review

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2021
OBJECTIVES: To discuss first, the adequacy of the antibiotic prophylaxis regimen currently recommended for the prevention of infective endocarditis in periodontitis patients, and second, preventive measures to decrease the rate of bacteraemia after ...
Christian R. Hatz, Mario Cremona, Chun Ching  Liu, Patrick R. Schmidlin, Anna Conen   +4 more
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Clinical features of the course of infective endocarditis of prosthetic valves and endocarditis of intracardiac devices

Лечащий Врач
Background. The increase in the number of cardiac surgeries has also led to a growth in cases of infective endocarditis of prosthetic valves and intracardiac devices.
V. A. Mosina, I. V. Demko, L. I. Pelinovskaya, A. E. Ryazanov, Ya. I. Verigo, K. V. Kochkina, K. F. Kasymova   +6 more
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