Infective endocarditis
Infective endocarditis amongst intravenous drug abusers: A Malaysian experience
... Infective endocarditis amongst intravenous drug abusers A Malaysian experience Med J Malaysia Vol 42 No 4 December 1987 INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS AMONGST INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSERS SEEN AT THE UNIVERSITY H[.] ...
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Management of neurological complications of infective endocarditis in ICU patients
... of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology": 1) after a silent cerebral embo- lism or transient ischemic attack, surgery is recom- mended without delay if an indication remains; 2) ...
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Infective endocarditis caused by Salmonella enteritidis in a dialysis patient: a case report and literature review
... Salmonella enteritis or campylobacter enteritis was sus- pected due to the history of eating grilled chicken. Treat- ment was initiated with ciprofloxacin 300 mg q24hr, ceftriaxone 2 g q24hr, and clindamycin 600 mg q12hr ...
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Actinomyces neuii: a case report of a rare cause of acute infective endocarditis and literature review
... of infective endocarditis, likely contributed to the temporal drop of mortality and sys- temic complication rates observed from our literature ...previous endocarditis and relative immune deficiency ...
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Surgical Experience with Infective Endocarditis and Aortic Root Abscess
... for infective endocarditis between February 1999 and June 2012 at Sev- erance Cardiovascular Center, Yonsei University College of ...active endocarditis combined with aortic root abscess were ...
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Mycoplasma hominis, a Rare but True Cause of Infective Endocarditis
... of infective endocarditis recommended treatment of Mycoplasma endocarditis with a new fluoroquinolone for a period of 6 months, but the evidence in support of such treatment is weak ...
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Contribution of Systematic Serological Testing in Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis
... Despite progress with diagnostic criteria, the type and timing of laboratory tests used to diagnose infective endocarditis (IE) have not been standardized. This is especially true with serological testing. ...
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Evaluation of Patients with Infective Endocarditis in a Pulmonary Referral Centre
... hand, infective endocarditis is one of the severest complications of IV addiction ...of endocarditis among this group ranges from 150-2000/ 100000 per year ...However, endocarditis in IV drug ...
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Infective endocarditis requiring ICU admission: epidemiology and prognosis
... Current data suggest that staphylococci are the most common causative pathogens of IE. In the overall popu- lation of adults with definite IE admitted to hospital, S. aureus accounted for 26.6–36.2 % of causal agents [2, ...
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Infective endocarditis in the Pacific: clinical characteristics, treatment and long-term outcomes
... Infective endocarditis: diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, a[r] ...
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Case report: Infective endocarditis caused by Brevundimonas vesicularis
... mune disorders associated with long-term steroid use, end-stage renal disease treated by hemodialysis, and sickle cell anemia with functional asplenia contributed to B. vesicularis infections in 6 of the 8 reported cases ...
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Infective endocarditis caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus; a case report
... Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a gram-negative bacillus found in saliva of healthy dogs and cats and is transmit- ted to humans principally through animal bites [1]. It can cause sepsis and other forms of infection. Here, ...
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Infective Endocarditis with Negative Cultures: A Defiant Diagnosis
... of endocarditis classified as non-bacterial thrombotic ...rantic endocarditis or aseptic vegetations, complications of systemic lupus erythematosus or anti-phospholipid antibodies syndrome ...undiagnosed ...
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Is antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infective endocarditis worthwhile?
... of infective endocarditis: Guidelines from the american heart association: A guideline from the american heart association rheumatic fever, endocarditis and kawasaki disease committee, council on ...
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Pseudomonas mendocina native valve infective endocarditis: a case report
... Conclusions: Our reported case and literature review illuminates a rare bacterial cause of infective endocarditis secondary to P. mendocina pathogen. Native cardiac valves were affected in all reported ...
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Antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... of infective endocarditis caused by oral bacterial species are likely to result from frequent bacteraemia arising from routine daily activities, but this does not exclude the possibility that some cases ...
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Oral antibiotic therapy for the treatment of infective endocarditis: a systematic review
... Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association, Infectious ...
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Multiple systemic embolism in infective endocarditis underlying in Barlow’s disease
... Background: Systemic embolism, especially septic embolism, is a severe complication of infective endocarditis (IE). However, concurrent embolism to the brain, coronary arteries, and spleen is very rare. ...
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Occurrence of fatal infective endocarditis: a population based study in Finland
... Infective endocarditis was the underlying cause of death in 352 cases (46.7%). Septicemia was recorded to be the underlying cause of death in 11.5% of cases and other infectious disease in 2.8% (Table 3). ...
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Clinical, Bacteriological and Echocardiographic Profile of Infective Endocarditis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northern India
... 79. Franck Thuny, Giovanni Disalvo, Olivier Belliard, Jean- François Avierinos, Valeria Pergola, Valerie Rosenberg, Jean-Paul Casalta, Joanny Gouvernet, Geneviève Derumeaux,Diana Iarussi,Pierre Ambrosi, Raffaello ...
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