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Non-HACEK gram-negative bacillus endocarditis

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This article is published in Scopus.The article was published on 2007-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 156 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Gram Negative Bacillus & Endocarditis.

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2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis

TL;DR: This document summarizes current knowledge about three-dimensional AIDS, congenital heart disease, cardiac device-related infective endocarditis, and cardiac implantable electronic device in the context of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
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Surgery for Infective Endocarditis Who and When

TL;DR: The role of surgery in active IE has expanded progressively since early reports of successful outcome, and contemporary data in Europe indicate that surgery is now undertaken in approximately half of patients with IE; the most frequent indications are congestive heart failure, refractory sepsis, embolic complications, and vegetation size.
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The Epidemiology of Sepsis in the United States from 1979 through 2000

TL;DR: The rate of sepsis due to fungal organisms increased by 207 percent, with gram-positive bacteria becoming the predominant pathogens after 1987, and the total in-hospital mortality rate fell, yet the total number of deaths continued to increase.
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Proposed Modifications to the Duke Criteria for the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis

TL;DR: Modifications of the Duke criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis are proposed, including that positive Q-fever serology should be changed to a major criterion and the minor criterion "echocardiogram consistent with IE but not meeting major criterion" should be eliminated.
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Infective endocarditis

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Bacterial Biofilms: An Emerging Link to Disease Pathogenesis

TL;DR: This chapter discusses three infections that are caused by biofilms--infectious kidney stones, bacterial endocarditis, and cystic fibrosis lung infections--and focuses on the role of the biofilm in disease pathogenesis.
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Health care--associated bloodstream infections in adults: a reason to change the accepted definition of community-acquired infections.

TL;DR: A new classification scheme for bloodstream infections is sought that distinguishes among and compares patients with community-acquired, health careassociated, and nosocomial infections.