Recurrent ischemic stroke should be investigated to look for an embolic cause originating from a verrucous endocarditis. Movement disorders are rare (1% - 3% of patients) and chorea is the most common ...

No matter how many more editorials are written weighing the pros and cons of administering endocarditis prevention, until prospective clinical trials are conducted, the risks and benefits of ...

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Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Gram-negative endocarditis due to HACEK bacteria (Haemophilus species, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella and Kingella species) and non-HACEK organisms ...

While the incidence of HACEK endocarditis has remained relatively unchanged over time, [1] recent data suggest a significant shift in epidemiology of non-HACEK Gram-negative endocarditis. [2, 3] In ...

What is apparent from the available knowledge base is that despite advances in diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, surgical techniques, and management of complications, patients with IE still have high ...

Because patients with stroke and S. aureus prosthetic valve endocarditis can be precipitously unstable and progress before the consult note is typed, our responsibility as a consultant to the cardiac ...

In a study published in the June 2025 issue of Infectious Disease, non-β-hemolytic streptococci (NBHS) were identified as important causes of blood stream infections (BSI), which were often ...

Pacemaker endocarditis remains a rare but potentially life threatening complication of pacemaker implantation. This case illustrates a rare cause of pacemaker endocarditis, Serratia marcescens , the ...

Sixteen verrucous carcinoma specimens had scores 2 and 3 (both 29.6%), and 10 cases had score 1 (37%) for SCCA expression. Fifteen benign hyperplasia specimens had scores 2 and 3 (40.7% and 14.8%, ...

More and more patients are operated on during the active phase of infective endocarditis (IE).1 Between 1991 and 1999, in France, the rate of cardiac surgery has increased from 31% to 50%.1 This may, ...