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, 2022 BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis is a major threat after prosthetic pulmonary valve replacement. Early diagnosis may improve outcomes. METHODS A structured patient education programme for prevention and early diagnosis of infective endocarditis
Tobler, Daniel +8 more
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Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis Creeping Into the Paravalvular Space. [PDF]
, 2023 Prosthetic valve endocarditis is a devastating infection with a challenging diagnosis and management. Despite advances in its diagnostic modalities, medical, and surgical interventions, prosthetic valve endocarditis still carries high morbidity and ...
Abdel Jawad, Mohammad +3 more
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IDCases, 2020 Over the past years there has been a considerable increase in the use of aortic bioprostheses for treating aortic valve disease. With the increasing use of implanted medical devices, the incidence of prosthetic valve endocarditis has also increased. This
Guillermo Rodriguez-Nava +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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Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis after Double Valve Replacement with the Manouguian Procedure [PDF]
, 2013 Prosthetic valve endocarditis is a rare but severe complication after double mitral and aortic valve replacement. It is debated whether or not all prostheses should be replaced simultaneously, because of high operative mortality with redo double valve ...
Terasaki, Takamitsu +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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Brucella endocarditis in prosthetic valves [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2006 Human brucellosis is a multiple organ disease that presents with fever and is most often transmitted via contaminated, unpasteurized goat milk and cheese. In chronic cases, focal complications (eg, spondylitis, neurobrucellosis and endocarditis) are frequently seen. Although the disease may be severely debilitating, the mortality rate is low.
Sascha, Al Dahouk +9 more
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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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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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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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