NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs PSA: prostate-specific antigen INTRODUCTION Trousseau syndrome is a hypercoagulable state in association with an underlying malignancy. It is associated with myriad arterial and venous thrombotic events such as superior vena cava obstruction, noninfectious endocarditis, and myocardial infarction. Here we describe an unusual presentation of Trousseau s...

4. Bordin G, Boldorini R, Meroni PL. The two hit hypothesis in the antiphospholipid syndrome: Acute ischaemic heart involvement after valvular replacement despite anticoagulation in a patient with secondary APS. Lupus. 2003;12:851–3. 5. Deák M, Bocskai M, Burcsár S, Dányi O, Fekete Z, Kovács L. Non-thromboembolic risk in systemic lupus erythematosus associated with antiphospholipid syndrome. Lu...

Invasive infections due to Pseudomonas stutzeri have rarely been described and mainly occur in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of infective endocarditis caused by P. stutzeri after previous cardiac surgery in a Lebanese patient with Marfan syndrome. We review the literature and conclude that this pathogen may be of particular medical relevance in the Mediterranean Basin.

Endocarditis is rarely reported in sheep and information presented for ovine endocarditis is based mostly on comparative findings in the cattle. Infective vegetative endocarditis of the right heart was diagnosed in a 3-year-old fat-tailed ram. Clinical findings included tachycardia, marked brisket edema, jugular veins distention and pulsation and pale mucous membranes. Hematologic abnormality i...

Right-sided endocarditis, and endocarditis of the tricuspid valve in particular, is a relatively uncommon condition, encountered approximately 5 to 10 percent all cases infectious (IE). The recent increase prevalence right-sided IE attributed intravenous drug abuse as well increased utilization implantable cardiac devices such pacemakers, cardioverter-defi brillators, resynchronization therapy ...

Staphylococcus aureus diseases affect ~500,000 individuals per year in the United States. Worldwide, the USA100, USA200, USA400, and USA600 lineages cause many of the life-threatening S. aureus infections, such as bacteremia, infective endocarditis, pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome, and surgical site infections. However, the virulence mechanisms associated with these clonal lineages, in particul...

The diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis remains a challenge, as nearly half of cases develop in the absence of preexistent heart disease and known risk factors. Not infrequently, a blunted clinical course at onset can lead to erroneous diagnoses. We present the case of a 47-year-old previously healthy man in which a presumptive diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome was made based on the absenc...

Infective endocarditis can complicate with ischemic stroke. Neurological complications develop in 20-40% of all patients with infective endocarditis. These are mainly due to vegetation embolism.This report represents a case of 30 years old female patient who presented with features of heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV with infective endocarditis and left hemiparesis. On e...