Michael A. Gerber, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH ...

251405 Introduction: Congenital heart disease patients are at increased risk of developing infective endocarditis, particularly following placement of prosthetic valves, stents, and vascular conduits.

Venkatesan, C. and Wainwright, M.S. (2008) Pediatric Endocarditis and Stroke A Single-Center Retrospective Review of Seven Cases. Pediatric Neurology, 38, 243-247. Login ...

1 Introduction. Endocarditis remains a significant source of morbidity and mortality in children and adolescents (Gupta and Mendez, 2023).According to the latest estimates made by studying cohorts of ...

Originally published30 Apr 2002https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.0000013073.22415.90Circulation. 2002;105:2115–2126 Infective endocarditis (IE) is associated with ...

BACKGROUND Pseudomonas luteola (P. luteola) is a Gram-negative, oxidase-negative is an environmental organism that is isolated from soil, water, and damping areas, and is rarely found as a human ...

When it comes to preventing a type of heart infection caused by oral bacteria, good dental health is better than antibiotics, according to a landmark American Heart Association (AHA) statement ...

Although endocarditis would theoretically provide an optimal situation for release of cfDNA from a pathogen into the blood, ... Pollock NR, Sharma TS. Assessment of the clinical utility of plasma ...

1. In children with S. Aureus bacteremia (SAB), follow up blood cultures (FUBCs) after two negative cultures were rarely positive. 2. Patients with osteomyelitis or endocarditis were more likely to ...

Any of the symptoms of bacterial endocarditis or heart failure. Key points about bacterial endocarditis in children. Bacterial endocarditis is an infection of the lining of the heart, including the ...