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25. Dewanjee MK, Kahn PC: Mechanism of localization of 99mTclabeled pyrophosphate and tetracycline in infarcted myocardium. J Nucl Med 17: 639, 1976 26. Roberts WC, Buchbinder NA: Healed left-sided infective endocarditis: a clinicopathologic study of 59 patients. Am J Cardiol 40: 876, 1977 27. Wiseman J, Rouleau J, Rigo P, Strauss HW, Pitt B: Gallium67 myocardial imaging for the detection of ba...

Endocarditis is an important, although less common, cause of cerebral embolism. All forms of endocarditis share an initial common pathophysiologic pathway, best illustrated by the non-bacterial thrombotic form, but also a final potential for embolization. Stroke associated with endocarditis has signifficant mortality and morbidity rates, especially due to the frequent concomitant multiple sites...

Following Coxiella burnetii infection, there is a 1 to 5% risk of chronic Q fever. Endocarditis, mycotic aneurysm, and vascular prosthesis infection are common manifestations. We present three patients with endocarditis by C. burnetii concomitant with another bacterial pathogen. Chronic Q fever should therefore be considered in all endocarditis patients in regions where Q fever is endemic.

This article shows the most recent opinions in the literature, concerning the epidemiology and prophylaxis of infective endocarditis (I.E.). They are also defined the basic principles of the previous guidelines and the reasons for their comprehensive reformulation. The article finally illustrates the new recommendations for prophylaxis of IE.

Infective endocarditis is a severe disease with high mortality, and results most often from the combination of bacteraemia (sometimes provoked) and a predisposing cardiac condition. Prophylaxis for infective endocarditis has been recommended by different countries on the basis of the supposed pathophysiology of the disease, although no randomised clinical trial has confirmed its efficacy. We re...

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...

Infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is not uncommon in pigs but is rare in human beings. We describe the case of a pig-farmer with endocarditis due to S. suis serotype 2 and in whom prolapse of the mitral valve was the predisposing cardiac lesion. Streptococcus suis, a possible cause of infective endocarditis in endemic areas, may be confused with other group D strept...

Endocarditis caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) is rare. Infected aneurysm is one of the most serious complications of infective endocarditis. However, no reports have described SDSE-related infected aneurysm. We herein report a successfully treated case of SDSE-associated infective endocarditis with an infected aneurysm.

Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a dangerous condition with unchanging incidence and a mortality approaching 30% at 1 year.1,2 Surgery is potentially lifesaving3 and is required in 25% to 50% of cases during acute infection and 20% to 40% during convalescence.4–7 Operative procedures are often technically difficult and associated with high risk, not least because patients are frequently extr...