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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012 Background Despite advances in antimicrobial and surgical therapy, septic arthritis remains a rheumatologic emergency that can lead to rapid joint destruction and irreversible loss of function.
Yombi Jean cyr +6 more
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Misdiagnosis of Streptococcus gallolyticus endocarditis
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2016 Death certificate inaccuracy is of major concern both in the public health domain and in individual health care, since it may yield untruthful data on the incidence, prevalence, and lethality of medical entities, and may hamper prophylactic measures ...
Rodrigo Tzovenos Starosta +4 more
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Infective Endocarditis Due to Eikenella corrodens: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1990 Eikenella corrodens is an uncommon cause of bacterial endocarditis. In the 11 reported cases in the literature, the disease was associated with predisposing factors and was clinically indolent or subacute.
Ward D Patrick +3 more
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Infective endocarditis: a consumptive disease among the elderly
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2011 The clinical presentation of infective endocarditis varies according to the etiologic agent and the host. In elderly individuals, infective endocarditis can be difficult to diagnose and poses a challenge for the physician.
Vilma Takayasu +2 more
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GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2017 Objective: To describe a patient with peripheral retinal ischaemia and neovascularisation who was diagnosed with streptococcus mitis-induced bacterial endocarditis. Methods: Retrospective analysis of case report.
Leysen, Laura S. +5 more
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Rothia dentocariosa Endocarditis in an Unsuspecting Host: A Case Report and Literature Review
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2019 Rothia dentocariosa, a gram-positive coccobacillus, is a commensal bacterium that is part of the oropharynx and respiratory tract. In the past, it was known to be a cause for periodontal disease, but in recent years, Rothia dentocariosa has been found to
Stacy Willner, Zaid Imam, Ismail Hader
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First Reported Case of Bacterial Endocarditis Attributable to Actinomyces meyeri
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1996 A 48-year-old man presented to the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia in severe congestive heart failure. Echocardiographic studies revealed significant aortic valve insufficiency.
Susan Moffatt +2 more
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Late-Onset Prosthetic Endocarditis with Paraaortic Abscess Caused by Cutibacterium acnes
Infectious Disease Reports, 2023 Cutibacterium acnes, an integral component of the skin’s customary bacterial flora, represents a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium characterized by its low virulence. Despite its low virulence, the pathogen can cause profound-seated infections as well as
Ornela Velollari +11 more
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Splenic and kidney infarct: Sequelae of subacute Streptococcus mitis bacterial endocarditis
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2017 Infective endocarditis (IE) is caused due to the vegetation on the heart valves, myocardium wall, or the pacemaker leads. Vegetation is a lesion that appears as a consequence of successive deposition of platelets and fibrin on the endothelial surface of ...
Sushilkumar Satish Gupta +3 more
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Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2026.ABSTRACT Brain abscess is an uncommon but life‐threatening intracranial infection that most often arises from contiguous spread but may also occur through hematogenous dissemination in patients with congenital heart disease. This is usually associated with defects that permit right‐to‐left shunting of septic emboli.
Evans Nii Ayitey MacCready +6 more
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