Patients with a low clinical probability of
infective endocarditis should not have an echocardiogram performed because it has low positive predictive value and low diagnostic yield, the authors concluded.
According to Levy et al, the risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis developing
infective endocarditis is related to their degree of immunodeficiency.
Echocardiographic monitoring performed weekly during follow-up, raised the supposition on the 18th day from admission (under therapy with penicillin G--20 million units/day) of early
infective endocarditis on prosthetic aortic valve.
The diagnosis of
infective endocarditis may utilize the Modified Duke Criteria which takes into account a patient's history, physical exam, blood culture results, and imaging.
Incidence of
infective endocarditis in England, 2000-2013: a secular trend, interrupted time-series analysis.
A growing problem is the entity of healthcare-associated
infective endocarditis, particularly due to the introduction of bacteria after peripheral or central vein cannulation.
A literature search of previously published cases concerning ANCA induction in
infective endocarditis was performed via PubMed and Medline using the title and abstract entries "endocarditis" and "ANCA or antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody," yielding 70 relevant cases [1,5-39].
It additionally demonstrates the utility of cardiac CTA for precise perivalvular assessment in
infective endocarditis, particularly in cases of clinical suspicion for perivalvular extension and inadequate visualization on echocardiography.
Influence of referral bias on the apparent clinical spectrum of
infective endocarditis.
CF-301 is being developed to be used in combination with standard of care antibiotics for the treatment of Staph bloodstream infections, including
infective endocarditis, caused by drug-sensitive and drug-resistant Staph aureus.
Infective endocarditis (IE) is associated with poor prognosis and higher mortality.
bovis endocarditis is a classical, but uncommon cause of
infective endocarditis (IE).
