Acute Bacterial Endocarditis

Bacterial Endocarditis and Periodontal Disease

Bacterial endocarditis is the infection of inner lining of heart and /or heart valves. This disease is usually related to the presence of some pathogenic bacteria in mouth, digestive system or urinary tract. Most of the times, this infection happens in people with heart problems like the presence of prosthetic valves, history of previous endocarditis, some congenital heart defects and heart tra...

Bacterial endocarditis presenting as acute monoarthritis.

The presentation of a pig farmer with acute arthritis of the shoulder, cardiac murmurs, and Streptococcus suis growing on blood cultures highlights one of the rheumatological presentations of bacterial endocarditis. The need for a thorough general medical examination together with synovial fluid and blood culture in patients with acute monarthritis is emphasised. The suggestion that acute arthr...

Acute bacterial endocarditis and renal microaneurysms.

aneurysms (Figure 1a). There were no signs nor sympIntroduction toms of polyarteritis nodosa nor microscopic polyarteritis. The arterio-venous fistula was successfully treated Renal aneurysms are common in polyarteritis nodosa, by embolization. The patient received antibiotics for either idiopathic or associated with HBV or HCV 10 weeks (teicoplanin, ofloxacin and meticillin). Due infection [1]...

Bacterial Endocarditis

Treatment of Acute Bacterial Endocarditis by Valve Excision and Replacement.

THE advent of a wide spectrum of bactericidal antibiotic agents has enabled physicians to treat many cases of bacterial endocarditis with a high likelihood of success. There remain, however, a significant number of patients with endocarditis in whom the infection is more resistant to antimicrobial therapy, valve destruction more rapid, and a satisfactory response to medical therapy sufficiently...