Blood culture-negative early prosthetic valve endocarditis: be aware of fungi!
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Investigation of blood culture-negative early prosthetic valve endocarditis reveals high prevalence of fungi.
Context Early prosthetic valve endocarditis is a deadly disease and blood cultures remain negative in 14-30% of cases. Objectives To analyse the clinical and microbiological profile of patients with blood culture-negative (BCN) early prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) in order to define the most appropriate empiric treatment. Design, Setting and Participants From June 2001 to February 2009, a ...
متن کاملProsthetic valve endocarditis caused by multidrug-resistant Candida albicans in a patient with myelodysplasia syndrome: A case report and literature review
Background and Purpose: Candida endocarditis is an infrequent disease with a high mortality rate, which commonly occurs in immunosuppressed patients with cardiac valve replacement. We reported a 70-year-old woman diagnosed with Candida prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). This study also involved a review of all published cases of Candida PVE from 1970. Case report: Herein, we reported a 70-ye...
متن کاملEffects of pathogenic factors on prognosis in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis.
INTRODUCTION Despite progress in medicine, the prevalence of infective endocarditis (IE) in patients with prosthetic valves (PVE) has not decreased. Positive blood and valve cultures are one of the most important diagnostic criteria of IE. There are no unambiguous data regarding the influence of pathogenic factors on prognosis. AIM To analyse blood and valve cultures in patients with PVE and ...
متن کاملProsthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella henselae: A Case Report of Molecular Diagnostics Informing Nonsurgical Management
Identifying the pathogen responsible for culture-negative valve endocarditis often depends on molecular studies performed on surgical specimens. A patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome who had an aortic graft, a mechanical aortic valve, and a mitral anulloplasty ring presented with culture-negative prosthetic valve endocarditis and aortic graft infection. Research-based polymerase chain reaction ...
متن کاملCARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE Blood culture negative endocarditis: analysis of 63 cases presenting over 25 years
Objective: To analyse cases of blood culture negative endocarditis (BCNE) seen at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, between 1975 and 2000. Methods: Data on all episodes of endocarditis with negative blood cultures seen at St Thomas’ Hospital between 1975 and 2000 were collected prospectively and analysed retrospectively. Results: Sixty three patients with BCNE were seen during the study period: 48 (...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Heart
دوره 96 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010