Infective endocarditis (IE) in people who inject drugs (PWID) is an emergent public health problem. The purpose of this study was to investigate IE PWID and compare it with non-PWID patients. Two prospective cohort studies (ICE-PCS ICE-Plus databases, encompassing 8,112 episodes from 2000 2006 2008 2012, 64 34 sites 28 18 countries, respectively). Outcomes were compared between patients IE. Log...

objective: to consider incisional endometrioma (ie) as a differential diagnosis of abdominal disorders and to recommend different treatments as preventive measures. incisional endometrioma (ie), as a rare condition, usually develops in surgical scar of cesarean section or hysterectomy. materials and methods: we performed a retrospective review of 12 cases at department of surgery, shahrekord un...

the present study was carried out to characterize the cervical mucus (cm) collected when inseminating holstein cows and to relate the secretion pattern with pregnancy. the mucus was collected from mid-cervix of 64 cows with spontaneus estrus (se) and induced estrus (ie). the quantity, pattern and consistency of the mucus, ph, arborization patterns and the sperm motility were observed. the level...

OBJECTIVES To analyse clinical, echocardiographic, and prognostic characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis (IE) compared with endocarditis caused by other pathogens. DESIGN Cohort study. METHODS 194 consecutive patients with definite IE according to the Duke criteria prospectively examined by transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography were enrolled. Patients ...

OBJECTIVE Patients with structural abnormalities of cardiac valves, including bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), are said to be at higher risk of infective endocarditis (IE). We sought to determine the risk of IE of the BAV compared with the tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) and to determine the risk of aortic valve replacement and mortality after IE. METHODS From medical records of two US and one Itali...

Este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación con diseño estudio caso corte cualitativo, cuyo propósito fue analizar, en el marco la política pública Colombia, alcances implementación gratuidad Institución educativa (IE) oficial Barranquilla periodo 2008-2012. En metodología se combinan técnicas cualitativas, como entrevista semiestructurada, y cuantitativas un cuestionario “Ad hoc...

Here we present a rare case of infective endocarditis (IE) with Streptococcus canis and Chiari network in an 85 year old female living multiple dogs open skin lower extremity predisposing her to bacteremia. Underlying abnormalities the cardiac chambers such as predisposes higher incidence bacterial seeding causing IE. A is usually asymptomatic no clinical significance but can worsen prognosis I...

BACKGROUND The clinical implications of a negative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) have not yet been reported. We aim to determine the negative predictive value (NPV) of a negative multiplane TEE in patients with suspected infective endocarditis (IE). METHODS AND RESULTS We identified 83 consecutive patients with suspected IE and negative multiplane TEE from our echocardiogr...

Infective endocarditis (IE) and small-vessel vasculitis may have similar clinical features, including glomerulonephritis. Furthermore the association between IE and ANCA positivity is well documented, making differential diagnosis between IE- and ANCA-associated vasculitis particularly difficult, especially in case of culture-negative IE. We report on one patient with glomerulonephritis seconda...