Importance Infective endocarditis occurs in approximately 15 of 100 000 people in the
United States and has increased in incidence. Clinicians must make treatment decisions …

Aims To Assess changes in infective endocarditis (IE) epidemiology over the last 5 decades.
Methods and Results We searched the published literature using PubMed, MEDLINE, and …

Background—The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of neurological
complications in patients with infective endocarditis, the risk factors for their development …

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Background The population at risk, the clinical and microbiological features of infective
endocarditis (IE) have changed. Aim of our study was to evaluate the contemporary …

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Background Previous studies based on local case series estimated the annual incidence of
endocarditis in the US at about 4 per 100,000 population. Small-scale studies elsewhere …

Abstract Purpose of the Review Infective endocarditis (IE) is a relatively infrequent infectious
disease. It does, however, causes serious morbidity, and its mortality rate has remained …

Background. Streptococcus bovis has long been associated with colorectal cancer (CRC).
However, not all genospecies are as closely related to CRC. With this systematic review, we …

The diagnosis of cardiac device infection and, more importantly, accurate localization of the
infection site, such as defibrillator pocket, pacemaker lead, along the peripheral driveline or …