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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleStroke Associated with Infective Endocarditis. Frequency and Prognostic ImplicationsJuan José Mengual Chirife, Manuel Gómez-Choco, Ester MoralStroke can be one of the most severe complications of Infective Endocarditis (IE) and it happens in 14% of patients with IE. Therefore, we aimed to review stroke frequency in patients diagnosed with IE in our hospital from 2010 to 2020. We defined it as IE-Associated Stroke (IEAS) when the stroke happened one month before or after IE's diagnosis. Sixty-six … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 17, Issue 4 · 7 Sep 2021 · 6,860 accessesView PDFCite
Case ReportOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Case of a Young Patient with Acute Endocarditis and Challenging Diagnostic and Treatment DecisionsPau Rello, Teresa González-Alujas, Laura Escolà-Vergé et al.Despite advances achieved in recent years, Infective Endocarditis (IE) remains a disease associated with high mortality and morbidity. When it involves multiple locations at the same time, deciding the best treatment can become challenging. In some cases, especially in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis, a definitive diagnosis can be difficult to achieve and multimodality imaging including Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 17, Issue 3 · 9 Jun 2021 · 7,382 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleRelationship between Streptococcus gallolyticus Infective Endocarditis and Pre-Neoplastic Colorectal LesionsPau Vilardell, Sergio Moral, Josep Maria Frigola et al.Colorectal cancer is associated with Infective Endocarditis (IE) due to specific gut pathogens, such as Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies, that use tumor presence as a point of blood entry. However, the association between Streptococcus gallolyticus related IE and pre-cancerous colorectal lesions like dysplastic adenomas is unclear. Seventy-one patients diagnosed with IE who underwent colonoscopy in the extension study during admission were … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 17, Issue 3 · 28 May 2021 · 7,131 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEchocardiography in Infective Endocarditis: An Update on its Usefulness: How, When, How Much and Where?Josep Maria Frigola, Sergio Moral, Pau Vilardell, Ramon BrugadaEchocardiography is the main imaging technique in the diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis (IE). In 85-90% of cases this diagnosis is based on some echocardiographic criteria. Transthoracic echocardiography is an inexpensive test, quickly accessible without side effects, which has become the initial imaging technique of choice in the diagnosis of IE, as well as in the assessment of complications and follow-up. … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 17, Issue 2 · 27 May 2021 · 7,631 accessesView PDFCite
Literature ReviewOpen accessEvery word in the titleMycobacterium Abscessus Native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis. Is a Six-Week Course of Combination Antibiotic Therapy Enough?Rabindra Ghimire, Dora Lebron, William Matthew Wooten et al.A 24-year-old Caucasian woman with a history of intravenous drug abuse and multiple hospital admissions for substance abuse related medical problems presented with pneumonia and was discharged home on oral antibiotics. Three days later, her blood culture grew acid fast bacilli, which was subsequently identified as M. abscessus subspecies abscessus. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiogram (TTE and TEE respectively) was suggestive … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 16, Issue 1 · 20 Feb 2020 · 7,281 accessesView PDFCite
Case ReportOpen accessEvery word in the titleProsthetic Valve Endocarditis Due to Clostridium Limosum: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureLok Yung, Carl Urban, Negin Niknam, Glenn TurettClostridium limosum is an anaerobic gram positive rod-shaped bacterium found in soil and can cause infections in a variety of animals. Rarely has this organism caused infections in humans. While clostridial prosthetic valve endocarditis is reported infrequently, we document the first human case of prosthetic valve endocarditis as the sole pathogen, due to Clostrdium limosum. …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 15, Issue 4 · 10 Oct 2019 · 7,767 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleDescriptive Epidemiological, Clinical and Microbiological Features of Infective Endocarditis at a University Hospital in Saudi ArabiaReham Kaki, Nabeela Al-AbdullahInfective Endocarditis (IE) still remains a serious disease. The treatment and pathology still remain unclear. In this study, we sought to clarify the epidemiology and treatment of IE in a teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia. In this study, we sought to conduct a retrospective investigation of all adult patients who were treated for IE at our hospital and determine the … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 14, Issue 2 · 28 May 2018 · 8,361 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII, A PREVIOUSLY UNDOCUMENTED CAUSE OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; WITH LITERARY REVIEWLoren Garrison Morgan, Ashley L. Davis, Paul Poommipanit, Yasir AhmedActinomycotic endocarditis is a rare disease with only 18 documented cases to date. Most of these cases are sub-acute or chronic infections and usually lack the stigmata of classic endocarditis. This article reviews the details of previously published reports of endocarditis due to various species of actinomyces, along with consensus opinion on diagnosis and treatment. We also present our unique … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, Issue 3 · 27 Oct 2014 · 6,972 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessEvery word in the titleAssociation between Infective Endocarditis and Premalignant Colorectal LesionsCarles FalcesThe association between Infective Endocarditis (IE) and Colorectal Cancer (CRC) has been known for more than 50 years. The microorganisms in which this association has been described are Streptococcus gallolyticus (formerly Streptococcus bovis) (Corredoira-Sánchez et al., 2012; Boleij et al., 2011), in different subspecies and, more recently, Enterococcus faecalis (Pericàs et al., 2016; 2017; Escolà-Vergé et al., 2020; Pericàs et … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 17, Issue 3 · 10 Jun 2021 · 11,559 accessesView PDFCite