Granulicatella adiacens Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Presenting as Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage and Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2022 We present a case of a 69-year-old male with a past medical history of prostate cancer, chronic mitral valve regurgitation, and recent dental cleaning who presented to the hospital with shortness of breath, anemia, and acute renal failure.
Kevin Dao +4 more
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Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis with Leptotrichia goodfellowii in a Patient with a Valvular Allograft: A Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2016 Leptotrichia species are normal constituents of the oral cavity and the genitourinary tract microbiota that are known to provoke disease in immunocompromised patients and rarely in immunocompetent individuals.
Wilfredo R. Matias +4 more
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Diagnostic and treatment challenge of unrecognized subacute bacterial endocarditis associated with ANCA-PR3 positive immunocomplex glomerulonephritis: a case report and literature review [PDF]
BMC Nephrology, 2020 Background Diagnosis and treatment of either ANCA disease or silent infection-related glomerulonephritis is complicated and is a huge treatment challenge when overlapping clinical manifestations occur.
D. Bele +6 more
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Classic Peripheral Signs of Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis [PDF]
Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016 A 50-year-old female patient with visual disturbances was referred for further evaluation of a heart murmur. Fundoscopy revealed a Roth spot in both eyes.
Yooyoung Chong +5 more
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Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Cardiobacterium hominis: A Case Report [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2015 Cardiobacterium hominis, a member of the HACEK group of organisms, is an uncommon but important cause of subacute bacterial endocarditis. First-line therapy is a third-generation cephalosporin due to rare beta-lactamase production.
Davie Wong, Julie Carson, Andrew Johnson
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Subacute bacterial endocarditis secondary to mastoiditis: a rare complication [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2012 Mastoiditis can result from untreated otitis media. If unrecognised, it can result in life-threatening complications. We present a 69-year-old woman with a history of left-sided otitis media admitted to intensive care unit following collapse with a ...
C. Smith, C. Jackson, R. Stewart
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Complicated Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis in a Patient with Ventricular Septal Defect [PDF]
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2014 Infective endocarditis (IE) is an uncommon but life-threatening infection. Despite advances in management, it still causes high morbidity and mortality. We report the case of an 8-year-old girl who presented with a prolonged fever of 2.5 months duration ...
Khalfan S. Al-Senaidi +2 more
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Mild stroke symptoms as the initial presentation of a patient with underlying subacute bacterial endocarditis [PDF]
Clinics and Practice, 2011 We describe a patient with sub-acute bacterial endocarditis, whose chief presenting feature was mild expressive dysphasia.
Ami Kamdar +3 more
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Subacute Staphylococcus epidermidis Bacterial Endocarditis Complicated by Mitral-Aortic Intervalvular Fibrosa Pseudoaneurysm [PDF]
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2012 The patient is a 75-year-old man with a history significant for hypertension and congestive heart failure who underwent a bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement secondary to acute onset of aortic insufficiency.
Diane Elegino-Steffens +2 more
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