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Changing trends in infective endocarditis.
Introduction Infective endocarditis was formerly known as bacterial endocarditis but the nomenclature has changed with the recognition that fungi, rickettsia, and chlamydia can also cause endocarditis. Infective endocarditis is an infection of the heart valves which may sometimes involve the endocardium of patients with congenital defects. It usually occurs at the site of a predisposing heart l...
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The present article is an update of the literature on endocarditis. A multidisciplinary group of Spanish physicians with an interest in cardiac infections selected the most important papers produced lately in the field. Two of the members of the group discussed the content of each of the selected papers, with a critical review by others members of the panel. After a review of the state of the a...
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OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of culture positive and culture negative endocarditis and type of organisms causing bacterial endocarditis in patients admitted at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Karachi. METHODS This was a cross sectional, descriptive study conducted from 29th March 2006 to 13th October 2006 at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.24.3022