Endocarditis is a life-threatening disease that involves inflammation of the endocardium, heart valve, and vascular intima. Endocarditis is caused by pathogenic bacteria - around 90% of the cases are ...

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27(7):647-648. From the beginning, the scientific basis for recommendations for endocarditis prophylaxis was not well established. The evidence supporting prophylaxis ...

Endocarditis after transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement in children and adults with postoperative congenital heart disease in the right ventricular outflow tract was an important adverse outcome ...

Since the valves of the heart do not have a blood supply, they are less equipped to fight bacteria than other parts of the heart. Bacteria in the blood passes through the heart and can settle in a ...

End-stage renal disease in patients with IE is associated with more IE complications and higher long-term mortality rates.

One consequence of the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States may be an increase in the number of hemorrhagic strokes caused by infective endocarditis, research suggests. Intravenous drug use ...

Patients with infective endocarditis on the left side of the heart are typically treated with intravenous antibiotic agents for up to 6 weeks. Whether a shift from intravenous to oral antibiotics once ...

Patients in stable condition who had endocarditis on the left side of the heart caused by streptococci, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, or coagulase-negative staphylococci were randomly ...

Three fatal cases of listerial endocarditis were studied. The first case occurred in an apparently healthy 58-year-old man, who presented with symptoms of pneumonitis. The second case developed in a ...