The increasing awareness of the significance of microbial biofilms across different sectors is
continuously revealing new areas of opportunity in the development of innovative …

Key Clinical Points Native-Valve Infective Endocarditis The modified Duke criteria, which are
based on findings on physical examination, echocardiography, microbiologic studies, and …

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Importance Persons who inject drugs (PWID) represent a distinct demographic of patients
with infective endocarditis. Many centers do not perform valvular surgery on these patients …

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe disease that is still associated with high mortality
despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment. HACEK organisms (Haemophilus spp …

Introduction Infective endocarditis (IE) presents with increasing incidence and mortality in
some regions and countries, as well as serious socioeconomic burden. The current study …

Infective endocarditis is a relatively rare, but deadly cause of sepsis, with an overall mortality
ranging from 20 to 25% in most series. Although the classic clinical classification into …

Background The data on infective endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
(TAVI) is scarce and limited to case reports and case series in the literature. It is the need of …

Streptococcus mutans, a major pathogen of dental caries, is regarded as a causative agent
of infective endocarditis (IE), which mainly occurs in patients with underlying heart disease …

Background Enterococcal endocarditis (EE) is a growing entity in Western countries.
However, quality data from large studies is lacking. Objectives The purpose of this study was …