Keywords: INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS, ETIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, EPIDEMIOLOGY,
CLASSIFICATION, CLINICAL PICTURE, DIAGNOSIS, DUKE CRITERIA …

Infective endocarditis is a rare disease with an increasing incidence and an unaltered high
mortality rate, despite medical development. Imaging plays an integrative part in the …

The diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) during pregnancy is accompanied by a poor
prognosis for both mother and fetus in the absence of prompt management by …

infectious endocarditis, etiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, classification, clinical picture,
diagnosis, Duke criteria, microbiological (cultural) examination, echocardiographic …

Background The impact of cardiovascular and neurologic complications on infective
endocarditis (IE) are well studied, yet the prevalence and significance of pulmonary …

The management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is limited by high rates of methicillin
resistance and the paucity of antibiotic agents with proven efficacy in complicated infectious …

Cardiovascular diseases represent the largest worldwide cause of morbidity and mortality.
Common signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease are well characterized and taught …

The superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin C (SEC) is critical for Staphylococcus aureus
infective endocarditis (SAIE) in rabbits. Superantigenicity, its hallmark function, was …

Background Septic pulmonary embolism (SPE) is a rare disorder caused by metastasis of
infectious thrombi to the lungs. Most commonly, this occurs as a result of infectious …

Introduction We present a unique case of acute aortic occlusion secondary to infective
endocarditis (IE). Presentation of case An Aboriginal Australian woman with systemic lupus …