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Shewanella putrefaciens infective endocarditis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Shewanella putrefaciens rarely causes infection in humans. In the last few decades a growing number of cases have been described. The following report outlines the case of a 40-year-old immunocompetent white man with S.
Jonathan Constant, Ivan Chernev, Eric Gomez   +2 more
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Streptococcus pluranimalium infective endocarditis and brain abscess

IDCases, 2019
Infective endocarditis is an infection of the endocardium of the heart typically seen in individuals with underlying risk factors. We report a rare case of Streptococcus pluranimalium bacteremia causing infective endocarditis and brain abscess.
Parikshit Duriseti, Jorge Fleisher
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Estudio de las complicaciones perianulares en la endocarditis infecciosa. Análisis de aspectos clínicos, microbiológicos, ecocardiográficos, terapéuticos y pronósticos en pacientes con abscesos perianulares y fístulas aorto-cavitarias en la endocarditis complicada. [PDF]

, 2006
[spa] La endocarditis infecciosa (EI) es una enfermedad potencialmente muy grave, que puede llegar a ser mortal sin tratamiento, cuyo pronóstico ha experimentado una gran mejoría en las ultimas décadas. Este importante cambio en la historia natural de la
Anguera Camós, Ignasi
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CLINICAL CASE OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN IV DRUG ABUSER [PDF]

Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University: Series Medicine, 2016
Infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abuser is reviewed on the example of clinical case. Clinical examination, the clinical diagnosis, recommendations for surgical treatment, choice of optimal therapy are outlined in patient with infective ...
O. S. Makharynska, M. M. Lebedinska
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Pascal's Wager, infective endocarditis and the "no-lose" philosophy in medicine [PDF]

, 2009
Doctors and dentists have traditionally used antibiotic prophylaxis in certain patient groups in order to prevent infective endocarditis (IE). New guidelines, however, suggest that the risk to patients from using antibiotics is higher than the risk from ...
Conway, D.I., Shaw, D.M., Shaw, D., D I Conway, D Shaw   +4 more
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Successful perioperative management of infective endocarditis in a patient after COVID-19

, 2023
Infective endocarditis in patients after COVID-19 has a more severe course. Cardiovascular pathology and pathophysiological changes in other organs and systems due to COVID-19 should be considered.
N.V. Malova, Ghasabeh F. Hassanzadeh, I.O. Stetsiuk, I.Yu. Mokryk   +3 more
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Infective endocarditis: prevention and antibiotic prophylaxis. [PDF]

, 2021
The Swiss societies of Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiology and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Group of Switzerland present the current update on infective endocarditis prophylaxis in a joint initiative.
Agyeman, Philipp Kwame Abayie, Frank, M., Guery, B., Swiss Medical Weekly, Philipp Agyeman, Knirsch, W., Flückiger, Ursula, Zbinden, Stephan, Sendi, Parham, Guery, Benoit, Matthias Greutmann, Greutmann, M., Boggian, Katia, Jeger, R., Greutmann, Matthias, Frank, Michelle, Hasse, Barbara, Boggian, K., Agyeman, P., Knirsch, Walter, Benoit Guery, Sendi, P., Agyeman, Philipp, Zbinden, S., Flückiger, U., Barbara Hasse, Hasse, B., Stephan Zbinden, Michelle Frank, Parham Sendi, Ursula Flückiger, Jeger, Raban, Katia Boggian, Raban Jeger, Walter Knirsch, null Swiss Medical Weekly   +35 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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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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Infective Endocarditis: Prevention and Antibiotic Prophylaxis

, 2022
After considerable revision of the previous guidelines on infective endocarditis prophylaxis by the American Heart Association in 2007, the Swiss recommendations were revised and published accordingly in 2008 [...
Knirsch Walter, Hasse Barbara, Boggian Katia, Guery Benoit, Swiss expert group on infective endocarditis prevention, Flückiger Ursula, Agyeman Philipp, Frank Michelle, Zbinden Stephan, Sendi Parham, Jeger Raban, Greutmann Matthias   +11 more
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