Infective endocarditis is an infection of the inner surface of the heart, usually the valves. Signs and symptoms may include fever, small areas of bleeding...
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are several ways to classify endocarditis. The simplest classification is based on cause: either infective or non-infective, depending on whether a microorganism...
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bacterial endocarditis, abbreviated SBE, is a type of endocarditis (more specifically, infective endocarditis). Subacute bacterial endocarditis can be considered...
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Like other constituents of the NVS, it can cause bacteremia and infective endocarditis (IE), with significant morbidity and mortality. NVS has less often...
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HACEK organisms (redirect from HACEK endocarditis)
fastidious Gram-negative bacteria that are an unusual cause of infective endocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart due to bacterial infection...
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Libman–Sacks endocarditis. Libman–Sacks endocarditis may result in arterial emboli, valvular insufficiency, and heart failure. Infective endocarditis occurs...
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to any particular condition, and can be associated with subacute infective endocarditis, scleroderma, trichinosis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid...
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feet. They are associated with a number of conditions, including infective endocarditis, and are caused by immune complex deposition. Their presence is...
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bacteraemia reach the cardiac tissue, infective (or bacterial) endocarditis can develop, with fatal outcomes. Infective endocarditis is an infection of the endothelium...
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Geraci, J. E.; Wilson, W. R. (March 1982). "Symposium on infective endocarditis. III. Endocarditis due to gram-negative bacteria. Report of 56 cases". Mayo...
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