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Frontiers in Immunology, 2018 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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Chronic brucellosis with sacroiliitis: A case report
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 11, November 2024.Key Clinical Message Brucellosis, especially with osteoarticular involvement, is uncommon and difficult to diagnose, but it should be considered in a case presenting with prolonged fever, joint pain, and back pain. The diagnosis requires a combination of history, serological examinations, and radiographic studies.
Bibek Shrestha +4 more
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Parents' understanding of their child's congenital heart disease [PDF]
, 2004 Objectives: To assess parents' understanding of their child's congenital heart disease in various knowledge domains and to identify significant determinants of parental knowledge. Design: Cross sectional questionnaire survey. Setting: Tertiary paediatric
Chau, AKT +4 more
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Annals of Neurology, Volume 96, Issue 4, Page 715-725, October 2024.Objective To investigate whether choroid plexus volumes in subacute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) patients with neurological symptoms could indicate inflammatory activation or barrier dysfunction and assess their association with clinical data.
Alexander Rau +9 more
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Recurrent fungal endocarditis of the aortic valve: A challenging clinical scenario
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 10, October 2024.Key Clinical Message Fungal endocarditis is a rare but potentially fatal infection with significant diagnostic and management challenges. Antifungal therapy and surgical debridement are the preferred treatments in these cases. Antimicrobial therapy with multiple antifungal agents may be required in high‐risk patients presenting with prolonged fever ...
Shannay Bellamy +6 more
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Infective endocarditis in congenital heart disease [PDF]
, 2018 Congenital heart disease (CHD) has become the leading risk factor for pediatric infective endocarditis (IE) in developed countries after the decline of rheumatic heart disease.
Knirsch, Walter, Nadal, David
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Atypical post‐infectious glomerulonephritis with c‐ANCA positivity followed by endocarditis
Nephrology, Volume 29, Issue 9, Page 607-611, September 2024.Abstract Post‐infectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN), an uncommon variety of glomerulonephritis (GN), is characterized by emergence of nephritic syndrome within a few weeks following an infectious event. PIGN typically presents as a mild condition and tends to resolve by the time of diagnosis for GN.
Seyoung Ryou +5 more
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Liver and brain abscess caused by Aggregatibacter paraphrophilus in association with a large patent foramen ovale: a case report [PDF]
, 2012 RIGHTS : This article is licensed under the BioMed Central licence at http://www.biomedcentral.com/about/license which is similar to the 'Creative Commons Attribution Licence'.
Ariyaratnam, Shaumya +6 more
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Intracranial complications of acute bacterial endocarditis
Surgical neurology international, 2018 Background: Infectious endocarditis (IE) clinically manifests as either subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) or acute bacterial endocarditis (ABE). Neurologic manifestations are markedly different for these two entities.
B. Cunha, Ismail Jimada, Karishma Chawla
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Case Reports in Vascular Medicine, 2017 The term “mycotic aneurysm” was first used by Osler in 1882 to describe a mushroom-shaped aneurysm in subacute bacterial endocarditis. Mycotic aneurysms account for only 2.6% of all aneurysms of the aorta.
Ciel Harris +6 more
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