Conditions Associated with Bacterial Endocarditis, July, 1958, to June, 1964. The mortality rates for the two series are presented in Table 4 and include 15 cases of acute endocarditis and 11 ...

IE cases due to Haemohphilus parainfluenzae may have an acute presentation ... followed by TEE to exclude endocarditis. Not all cases of non-HACEK Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis necessarily ...

Many forms of acute endocarditis are caused by a ... This negative energy balance occurs in endocarditis because the bacteria causing the heart infection need calories and glucose to carry out ...

A positive blood culture in liquid medium should not form a positive basis for a diagnosis of subacute bacterial endocarditis. There is a strong suggestion that rheumatic endocarditis and sub-acute ...

The most common causes of acute aortic dissection include bacterial endocarditis, aortic dissection and blunt trauma-induced aortic valve damage (Hamirani YS, et al. Circulation. 2012;1C ...

A scientific statement regarding the diagnosis and management of blood culture-negative endocarditis has been published by the AHA.

Infective endocarditis (IE) is by far the most common cardiovascular infection worldwide. Despite the medical and surgical advances, this condition remains associated with considerable mortality ...

From the Neurological Unit of the Boston City Hospital and the Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston. * Intern, Boston Psychopathic Hospital. † Assistant professor of neurology ...