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Journal of General and Family Medicine, Volume 26, Issue 6, Page 534-538, November 2025.
Junki Mizumoto, Taro Shimizu
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Stroke and associated comorbidities in Southeast Asian countries
Different diseases can act as comorbid factors of stroke. Among them, hyperglycemia, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation, cancer, and chronic kidney disease act as major comorbidities. Whereas migraine, Fabry disease, Moyamoya disease, sickle cell disease, cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and ...
Aishika Datta +9 more
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Background:Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) is a Gram-negative coccobacillus recognized as a pathogen in periodontitis and infective endocarditis. By producing a toxin (leukotoxin A, LtxA) that triggers global hypercitrullination in neutrophils,
Amarshi Mukherjee +8 more
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Musculoskeletal manifestations of bacterial endocarditis [PDF]
CONTEXT: The incidence of staphylococcal infection has been increasing during the last 20 years. OBJECTIVE: Report a case of staphylococcal endocarditis preceded by musculoskeletal manifestations, which is a rare form of clinical presentation.
Atallah, Álvaro Nagib +1 more
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A 54-year-old man was diagnosed with Streptococcus mutans endocarditis of the mitral valve. Serological tests disclosed the presence of multiple autoantibodies including c-ANCA, anti-PR3 and anti-MPO.
K. Konstantinov +3 more
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The pathogenesis and progression of myocardial inflammation involve a multiphase process driven by genetic, epigenetic, autoimmune, and environmental factors. Inflammation establishes a self‐perpetuating “vicious cycle”, causing progressive myocardial damage.
Francesco Lauriero +7 more
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Pregnancy 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.
Vasil Boyanov +5 more
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When should patients with mitral valve prolapse get endocarditis prophylaxis? [PDF]
Patients with suspected mitral valve prolapse (MVP)should undergo echocardiography before any procedure that may place them at risk for bacteremia. Patients with MVP and documented absence of mitral regurgitation or valvular thickening likely do not need
Helmen, Jennifer +2 more
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A Rare Case of Quadrivalvular Infective Endocarditis
Infective endocarditis is a devastating disease with high morbidity and mortality. Infective endocarditis affecting all four valves is rarely encountered. Even rarer is the involvement of all four valves by nutritionally variant streptococci, Granulicatella.
Mahidhar Jeedigunta +5 more
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Investigation of bacteremia induced by removal of orthodontic mini-implants [PDF]
SUMMARY The aim of this study was to investigate potential occurrence of bacteremia in orthodontic patients after removal of miniscrews.The study group comprised 30 healthy subjects (17 males, 13 females) with a mean age of 24.1 years treated with self ...
Delli, Konstantina +4 more
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