Endocarditis is a rare, potentially fatal infection of the endocardium or inner lining of the heart. It is usually caused by bacteria traveling through the bloodstream to the heart and treated by ...

“Endocarditis is a serious and potentially fatal complication of intravenous drug use, and our study shows that patients with opioid- or cocaine-use disorder are at even higher risk for endocarditis ...

The diagnosis of infectious endocarditis is based on modified Duke criteria, according to findings on physical examination, echocardiography, microbiologic studies, and imaging of target organs. Th ...

A UK study today reports a sharp increase in the cases of endocarditis in the 5 years following the 2008 guidance that recommended stopping prophylaxis prior to dental surgery. But this should not ...

Longer-term follow-up of patients with left-sided infectious endocarditis shows no delayed issues with an early switch to oral from IV antibiotics.

Unquestionable findings of a healed endocarditis of possible bacterial origin were also apparent at autopsy. Certain unusual features, however, should be stressed.

Younger patients with cardiac hardware, intravenous drug use, or who are receiving dialysis are at increased risk for Candida endocarditis.

Doctors at Mayo Clinic have used a new catheter-based approach to draw out resistant pockets of infection that settle in the heart, known as right-sided infective endocarditis, without surgery ...

Besides enhancing our knowledge of the ability of bacteria to spread, the findings may also lead to more effective treatment of endocarditis and infections associated with implants.

Deaths from injection-related infections like endocarditis have increased among young people, likely due to the growth of injection drug use and stronger, shorter-acting fentanyl.

Clinical Study Published: 01 November 2001 Low frequency of bacteraemia during eye surgery obviates the need for endocarditis prophylaxis P Venugopalan, A Ganesh, A M Rafay & N Dio Eye 15, 753 ...

The most common clinical findings observed in the endocarditis patients were fever (60% of patients), dyspnea/pulmonary infiltrates (50% of patients) and a heart murmur (20% of patients).