Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolution
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2001 With the development of penicillin, Streptococcus pneumoniae has become an uncommon cause of bacterial endocarditis in adults. Subacute manifestation of pneumococcal endocarditis has been reported a few times in the literature, but most reports define ...
Laercio Uemura +2 more
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Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) due to Streptococcus gordonii
Microbiologia Medica, 2009 Endocarditis is an inflammatory state of the endothelium that promotes thrombus formation and tissue damage on the surface of heart valves. Recent studies have reported endocarditis mortality rates ranging from 12% to 46% (2008).
Raffaella Battista +7 more
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Acute myocardial infarction as the first sign of infective endocarditis: a case report
Journal of International Medical Research, 2020 Infective endocarditis is a bacterial or fungal infection of the heart valves or endocardial surface, and it frequently forms vegetation and can lead to systemic embolism.
Jian Zhao +7 more
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A Complicated Microbiology Diagnosis and Treatment of Tonsillopharyngitis in Pregnancy: A Case Report. [PDF]
Case Rep MedPregnancy is a special period characterized by changes in the immune system as well as alteration of the microbiota predisposing to opportunistic infections, including tonsillopharyngitis. Streptococcus anginosus has numerous virulence factors, and it is associated with a variety of diseases.
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Immune-Complex Allergic Vasculitis in Association with the Immune-Complex Allergic Vasculitis in Association with the Development of Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report [PDF]
, 1996 A severe vasculitis, probably therapy related, in a sixty-four-year-old man being treated for possible subacute bacterial endocarditis, was associated with the development of transverse myelitis.
Günter Pilz +5 more
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Subacute bacterial endocarditis with vasculitis-like presentation; report of a case and literature review [PDF]
Journal of Nephropathology, 2020 Infective endocarditis is a diagnostic challenge since it could manifest as a systemic disease mimicking rheumatologic disorders by immunological mechanisms.
Tayebeh Soleymanian, Hoda Kavosi
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Endocarditis, Meningitis and Pneumocystis Pneumonia [PDF]
, 2016 Infective endocarditis (IE) is associated with high morbidity and mortality despite advances in antibiotic and surgical treatment. Systemic embolism occurs in up to 49% of IE patients and may involve the major arteries, limb arteries, viscera and the ...
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IDCases, 2018 Bartonella is among the most common causes of culture-negative infective endocarditis, with B. henselae being one of the most frequently reported species.
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Differences in GlycA and lipoprotein particle parameters may help distinguish acute kawasaki disease from other febrile illnesses in children. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundGlycosylation patterns of serum proteins, such as α1-acid glycoprotein, are modified during an acute phase reaction. The response of acute Kawasaki disease (KD) patients to IVIG treatment has been linked to sialic acid levels on native IgG ...
Burns, Jane C +8 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2008 Introduction Distal arterial embolisation and subsequent aneurysm formation are rare occurrences and most are secondary to trauma. We have found no case reports that describe posterior tibial aneurysm formation secondary to bacterial endocarditis.
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