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 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 ...

Endocarditis is inflammation in the heart’s inner lining. One possible symptom is splinter hemorrhages, thin red or reddish-brown lines under the fingernails. These lines appear when small blood ...

Infective endocarditis is an infection in the heart valves or endocardium. The endocardium is the lining of the interior surfaces of the chambers of the heart. This condition is usually caused by ...

In an attempt to evaluate the magnitude and significance of recent changes in the clinical pattern of bacterial endocarditis and to assess the influence of both host and bacterial factors on this ...

Endocarditis is a rare, life-threatening inflammation of the lining of the heart muscle and its valves. It is caused by a bacterial infection. Although it can occur in anyone, it is much more common ...

A Swedish study spanning 14 years of hospital records is strengthening the argument that numerous types of invasive medical procedures—everything from surgery to blood transfusion—do, in fact, ...

A new modeling study suggests that when patients who inject opioids continue an antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis outside of the hospital, they experienced better long-term health ...

Patients with endocarditis caused by common bacteria can be treated effectively and safely with oral antibiotics once they have been stabilized on an intravenous course of therapy, data from the POET ...

A strange bump on a 27-year-old man's hand turned out to indicate a serious health issue. The man told medical staff that in addition to the odd lump, he'd recently lost 26 pounds and had been dealing ...

The rarity of endocarditis due to Klebsiella species limits its recognition and awareness of its often malignant course. We describe two recent cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae endocarditis and review ...

Patients who underwent mitral valve replacement had a more than threefold higher 10-year rate of infective endocarditis than those at moderate risk for the disease, whereas undergoing mitral valve ...