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Multiscale Hybrid Surface Topographies Orchestrate Immune Regulation, Antibacterial Defense, and Tissue Regeneration

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 15, Issue 11, 20 March 2026.
Hybrid wrinkled topographies coordinate immune, tissue, and bacterial interactions. The surfaces promote osteointegration, tune macrophage polarization, and inhibit biofilm formation, highlighting a multifunctional strategy for next‐generation implant design.
Mohammad Asadi Tokmedash   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An atypical pseudoaneurysm as complication of prosthetic aortic-valve endocarditis

open access: yes, 2017
Endocarditis of a prosthetic heart valve is a life-threatening condition that is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Perivalvular extension in infective endocarditis includes complications such as periannular or intramyocardial abscesses ...
Musci, Rita L   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Sixteen year retrospective analysis of rheumatic and non-rheumatic heart disease patients undergoing valve procedures at Groote Schuur Hospital first incidence single aortic and mitral valve replacement

open access: yes, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Rheumatic heart disease is still the most common cause of valvular heart lesions requiring replacement or repair procedures worldwide.
Ogunrombi, Akinwumi Babatunde
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Biofilm Associated Persistence and Drug Tolerance in Mycobacteria Within Host Microenvironments

open access: yesAPMIS, Volume 134, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Biofilms formed by mycobacteria, particularly Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), represent a major challenge in tuberculosis (TB) treatment due to their highly organized structure and their capacity to induce phenotypic drug tolerance. These three‐dimensional bacterial aggregates are embedded in a self‐produced extracellular matrix that ...
Lourdes Serrano Garcia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical treatment of prosthetic valve endocarditis

open access: yes, 1996
From 1975 through 1992, we reoperated on 146 patients for the treatment of prosthetic valve endocarditis. Prosthetic valve endocarditis was considered to be early (
Loop, Floyd D.   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Prosthetic valve endocarditis [PDF]

open access: yesHeart, 2001
C, Piper, R, Körfer, D, Horstkotte
openaire   +2 more sources

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana

open access: yes, 2002
We describe the first case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis affecting a prosthetic valve in a person with no known risk factors for this infection.
Ian Hunt   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Native valve endocarditis due to Micrococcus luteus: a case report and review of the literature

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2011
Introduction Micrococcus luteus endocarditis is a rare case of infective endocarditis. A total of 17 cases of infective endocarditis due to M luteus have been reported in the literature to date, all involving prosthetic valves.
Elisaf Moses, Miltiadous George
doaj   +1 more source

Outcomes of patients with acute prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis

open access: yes, 2021
Background: Prosthetic valve endocarditis is burdened by high mortality and morbidity. We reviewed our experience in the management of patients with acute prosthetic aortic valve infection and studied the implications and outcomes associated with ...
Barlow C.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Unusual mechanism of myocardial infarction in prosthetic valve endocarditis

open access: yes, 2015
Fernando A Atik,1 Vanessa G Campos,2 Claudio R da Cunha,1 Felipe Bezerra Martins de Oliveira,1 Maria Estefânia Bosco Otto,2 Guilherme U Monte,2 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Instituto de Cardiologia do Distrito Federal, Fundaç ...
Monte GU   +5 more
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