Infective endocarditis epidemiology over five decades: a systematic review

L Slipczuk, JN Codolosa, CD Davila, A Romero-Corral… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Infective endocarditis in adults

E Mylonakis, SB Calderwood - New England Journal of Medicine, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
The clinical features of this complex infection have changed in the past several decades. It is
now an infection of older people, and mitral-valve prolapse is the most common …

Characteristics of infective endocarditis in a developing country-clinical profile and outcome in 192 Indian patients, 1992–2001

N Garg, B Kandpal, N Garg, S Tewari, A Kapoor… - International journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Total 198 episodes of Duke “definite” infective endocarditis (IE) in 192 patients observed
over last 10 years were studied [141 males and 51 females, mean age 27.6±12.7 years …

The spectrum of cardiovascular infections due to Salmonella enterica: a review of clinical features and factors determining outcome

MLF Guerrero, JM Aguado, A Arribas, C Lumbreras… - Medicine, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Cardiovascular infections due to Salmonella enterica are infrequently reported, so their
clinical features, prognosis, and optimal treatment are not completely known. Mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Infective endocarditis: a five-year experience at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan

M Tariq, M Alam, G Munir, MA Khan… - International journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
Objectives: Infective endocarditis is common and data regarding its pattern and outcome
from developing countries is sparse. We therefore examined the spectrum, demographics …

Prospective study of infective endocarditis from a developing country

RS Math, G Sharma, SS Kothari, M Kalaivani… - American heart …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: There has been a considerable change in the profile of infective
endocarditis (IE) worldwide. However, prospective studies of IE from developing countries …

Infective endocarditis and rheumatic heart disease in the north of Australia

CA Baskerville, BB Hanrahan, AJ Burke… - Heart, Lung and …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: To prevent infective endocarditis (IE), Australian guidelines recommend
providing prophylactic antibiotics to Indigenous patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) …

Are blood and valve cultures predictive for long-term outcome following surgery for infective endocarditis?

A Renzulli, A Carozza, C Marra… - European journal of …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To evaluate whether perioperative bacteria identification in blood and/or in valve
cultures can predict early and late outcome of surgery for infective endocarditis, a …

[PDF][PDF] Changing trends of infective endocarditis

NU Khan, MT Farman, JA Sial, AS Achakzai… - J Pak Med …, 2010 - academia.edu
Objective: To determine the frequency of culture positive and culture negative endocarditis
and type of organisms causing bacterial endocarditis in patients admitted at National …

[PDF][PDF] The Duke minor criterion" predisposing heart condition" in native valve infective endocarditis-a systematic review.

A Büchi, M Hoffmann, S Zbinden, A Atkinson… - Swiss medical …, 2018 - boris.unibe.ch
BACKGROUND: The term “predisposition” is used as an indication of antimicrobial
prophylaxis to prevent infective endocarditis and as a criterion for diagnosing infective …