Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in Africa: a OneHealth systematic review [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Q fever is a common cause of febrile illness and community-acquired pneumonia in resource-limited settings. Coxiella burnetii, the causative pathogen, is transmitted among varied host species, but the epidemiology of the organism in Africa
A Benkirane +67 more
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Service evaluation to establish the sensitivity, specificity and additional value of broad-range 16S rDNA PCR for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis from resected endocardial material in patients from eight UK and Ireland hospitals [PDF]
, 2014 Infective endocarditis (IE) can be diagnosed in the clinical microbiology laboratory by culturing explanted heart valve material. We present a service evaluation that examines the sensitivity and specificity of a broad-range 16S rDNA polymerase chain ...
Alshafi, K +8 more
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Swiss 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
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The role of endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis in qualitative and quantitative data analysis [PDF]
, 2009 The current study is the first scientometric analysis of research activity and output in the field of inflammatory disorders of the heart (endo-, myo- and pericarditis).
Norman Schöffel +26 more
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Infective endocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae: A case series
IDCases, 2018 Organisms in the genus Bartonella are cause of blood culture-negative endocarditis. Bartonella infective endocarditis is being increasingly reported worldwide; however, reports from Japan are limited.
Akio Nakasu +4 more
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Recognition of specific sialoglycan structures by oral streptococci impacts the severity of endocardial infection. [PDF]
, 2019 Streptococcus gordonii and Streptococcus sanguinis are primary colonizers of the tooth surface. Although generally non-pathogenic in the oral environment, they are a frequent cause of infective endocarditis.
Barnard, Karen N +10 more
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Infective endocarditis following invasive dental procedures: IDEA case-crossover study
Health Technology Assessment, 2022 Background: Infective endocarditis is a heart infection with a first-year mortality rate of ≈ 30%. It has long been thought that infective endocarditis is causally associated with bloodstream seeding with oral bacteria in ≈ 40–45% of cases.
Martin H Thornhill +11 more
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Risk factors for failure of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) in infective endocarditis [PDF]
, 2013 Objectives: To identify risk factors for failure of outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT) in infective endocarditis (IE). Patients and methods: We identified IE cases managed at a single centre over 12 years from a prospectively maintained database. ‘
Barr, D. A. +5 more
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Optimizing Guideline-Recommended Antibiotic Doses for Pediatric Infective Endocarditis [PDF]
, 2016 The American Heart Association recently published an updated scientific statement on the management of infective endocarditis in childhood. The recommendations included for vancomycin, aminoglycoside, and β-lactam dosing and monitoring are based ...
Israel, Emily N. +3 more
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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 +2 more
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