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Periodontitis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: A critical appraisal
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract In spite of intensive research efforts driving spectacular advances in terms of prevention and treatments, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain a leading health burden, accounting for 32% of all deaths (World Health Organization. “Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs).” WHO, February 1, 2017, https://www.who.int/news‐room/fact‐sheets/detail ...
Maria Clotilde Carra +3 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Background Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies gallolyticus is a known pathogen that causes infective endocarditis, and most cases involve the left heart valves.
Raz Shapira +6 more
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Native valve endocarditis complicated by abscess formation caused by Rothia mucilaginosa
IDCases, 2021 Rothia mucilaginosa is increasingly recognized as an emerging pathogen associated with endocarditis. It has mostly been reported a causative agent for prosthetic valve endocarditis.
S. Haddad +5 more
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Successful Management of Prosthetic Valve Brucella Endocarditis with Antibiotherapy Alone
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2018 Objectives: To report a case of mechanical aortic prosthesis Brucella endocarditis successfully treated with antibiotics alone. Materials and methods: We describe a clinical case and present a review of the literature.
José Pedro Fonseca +5 more
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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1980 The diagnosis, therapy, and complications of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) in 48 patients seen between 1962 and 1978 are reviewed. Staphylococcus epidermidis and diphtheroids were the most common causes of both early and late PVE. These microorganisms were frequently resistant to the penicillins and cephalosporins but were uniformly sensitive to ...
H, Masur, W D, Johnson
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014 Mycobacterium neoaurum is a rare cause of bacteremia, and infection usually occurs in an immunocompromised host in the setting of an indwelling catheter.
Anupam Kumar +3 more
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Brucellar Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis
The American Journal of Medicine, 2023 To the Editor: A 56-year-old man was admitted to the cardiology outpatient clinic with a chief complaint of progressive dyspnea. His past medical history was remarkable for diabetes mellitus, essential hypertension, coronary artery disease, and left hemiplegia due to a cerebrovascular event.
Hasan Tahsin Gozdas +2 more
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Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015 Prosthetic valve replacement is one of the predisposing factors for the development of infective endocarditis. Prosthetic valve infective endocarditis caused by non typhoidal Salmonellae is an uncommon manifestation.
T. Jeyakanth +5 more
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Prosthetic Valve Legionella Endocarditis [PDF]
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2019 This report describes the case of an 80-year-old man with culture-negative prosthetic valve endocarditis who ultimately was given a diagnosis of Legionella pneumophila endocarditis.
John S, Young +3 more
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IDCases, 2020 Enterococcus is considered to be a common cause of endocarditis with unfavorable outcomes. We report a case of successful treatment of relapsed prosthetic valve Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis with oral amoxicillin/clavulanate.
Ebrahim Mahmoud +3 more
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