Infective endocarditis is a common serious infectious pathology in children. The most commonly identified organisms are of the streptococcus and staphylococcus species. Patients always have a fever. Other signs of infective endocarditis include Roth spots, splinter hemorrhages, and Osler nodes. Blood cultures and echocardiography are very important in the establishment of the diagnosis. The dia...

Infective endocarditis is a common serious infectious pathology in children. The most commonly identified organisms are of the streptococcus and staphylococcus species. Patients always have a fever. Other signs of infective endocarditis include Roth spots, splinter hemorrhages and Osler nodes. Blood cultures and echocardiography are very important in the establishment of the diagnosis. The diag...

Blood culture-negative infective endocarditis with thalassemia and neurological complication: A dangerous combination

Ischemic stroke is a serious neurological complication of infective endocarditis. Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), which has only been approved for treatment of hyperacute stroke, has been excluded as an ischemic stroke treatment due to infective endocarditis according to current expert consensus guidelines. Here, we describe a case of a hyperacute stroke patient treated with in...

Infective endocarditis is a common serious infectious pathology in children. The most commonly identified organisms are of the streptococcus and staphylococcus species. Patients always have a fever. Other signs of infective endocarditis include Roth spots, splinter hemorrhages, and Osler nodes. Blood cultures and echocardiography are very important in the establishment of the diagnosis. The dia...

The reported incidence of infective endocarditis during pregnancy is 0,006% and there are no accepted guidelines. Management is individually based according to gestational age and the status of the mother. A multidisciplinary approach is required. Cardiopulmonary bypass, hypothermia and hyperkalemia may be fatal for the foetus due to vasoconstrictive response of the uteroplacental arteries. Her...

Background. Infective endocarditis is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Guidelines addressing prophylaxis and management of infective endocarditis do not extensively deal with concomitant pregnancy, and case reports on infective endocarditis are scarce. This is the first published report of infective endocarditis by Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a pregnant woman. Case Presen...

Infective endocarditis (IE) is relatively uncommon; however, when it diagnosed, usually among those with known cardiac valvular abnormalities. The most common pathogens that cause are streptococci (mainly viridans), enterococci, and other species. An extremely rare pathogen could IE Granulicatella. This gram-positive coccus classically inhabits human mucosal surfaces only rarely causes disease....

Right-sided endocarditis has increased in frequency since the 1970's, and it accounted for 14% of total infective endocarditis (Robbins et al, 1986) and 54% of drug addicts who developed endocarditis (Tuazon and Sheagren, 1974). Staphylococcus aureus is the most common pathogen, which is in contrast to the streptococcal association in left-sided endocarditis (Osler, 1885). Polymicrobial infecti...

Background Culture negative infective endocarditis (CNIE) accounts for 2.5 to 31% of all cases of infective endocarditis and is responsible for delay in diagnosis and treatment with profound impact on clinical outcome. Coxiella burnetii is one of the important etiological agents of culture negative infective endocarditis. The present study was undertaken to determine the role of C burnetii as a...