Valve surgery offered survival benefits in Candida endocarditis but came with increased hospital stay and cost burdens.

Infective endocarditis is a rare but severe disease, the incidence of which seems to have been stable over the past decades. Streptococci are the most frequent causative organisms. In France, ...

Objective Despite improvements in its management, infective endocarditis (IE) is associated with poor survival. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a multidisciplinary endocarditis ...

Infective endocarditis is a rare condition with an incidence of less than 10 per 100 000 population/year. It is, however, associated with a high mortality and morbidity. Accepted clinical practice has ...

Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, infective endocarditis still shows considerable morbidity and mortality rates. The dermatological examination in patients with suspected infective ...

Ecuador's Richard Carapaz, who finished third at the Giro d'Italia earlier this month, will miss the Tour de France, which starts next week, due to a stomach infection, his team EF Education ...

An 88-year-old man with small lymphocytic lymphoma presented to the hospital with shortness of breath and was diagnosed with heart failure. Serial blood cultures and echocardiography revealed ...

Case Resolution: Infective Endocarditis Treated with TAVR Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing ...

Prevention of Infective Endocarditis Updated Guidelines Although there were no evidence-based data to support the initial implementation of recommendations for preventing IE, members of the ...

Again, prophylaxis was recommended for a small group of highest-risk patients at potential increased risk of experiencing hematogenous total joint infection.

This report describes a 45-year-old man who developed acute bacterial endocarditis involving the aortic valve due to Klebsiella type 19. Consequent to the infection the patient developed aortic ...

Objective The goal of this prospective observational study was to identify adverse events (AEs) related to the use of intravenous access sites used for infective endocarditis (IE) treatment in a ...