• In 2000, three members of the Abiotrophia genus were reclassified into the genus Granulicatella (Granulicatella adiacens, balaenopterae and elegans). (wikipedia.org)
  • The aim of the study was to analyze this in a cohort of patients with SLB-bacteremia, focusing on Abiotrophia, Aerococcus, Gemella, and Granulicatella. (lu.se)
  • Infective endocarditis was most common in bacteremia with Abiotrophia (4 of 19) followed by Granulicatella (9 of 124), Gemella (6 of 87), and Aerococcus (13 of 338). (lu.se)
  • Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics and outcome of Abiotrophia and Granulicatella infective endocarditis and compare them with Viridans group streptococci infective endocarditis. (huji.ac.il)
  • Data from patients with definitive or possible IE due to Abiotrophia species, Granulicatella species and Viridans group streptococci was analyzed. (huji.ac.il)
  • Keerty D, Yacoub AT, Nguyen TC, Haynes E, Greene J. First Case of Infective Endocarditis With Streptococcus equinus in an Immunocompetent Patient in North America: A Case Report and Review of Literature. (moffitt.org)
  • Methods: All patients in the International Collaboration on Endocarditis (ICE) - prospective cohort study (PCS) and the ICE-PLUS cohort were included (n = 8112). (huji.ac.il)
  • Schoenfeld D, Lee D, Arrington JA, Greene J, Klinkova O. Bacillus Cereus bacteremia complicated by brain abscess in a severely immunocompromised patient: Addressing importance of early recognition and challenges in diagnosis. (moffitt.org)
  • Twenty-five percent of patients with staphylococcal bacteremia and 23% of those with catheters as the primary focus have evidence of IE on the basis of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) findings, in the absence of clinical and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) findings. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with PVE or right-sided disease may not have a continuous bacteremia. (medscape.com)
  • 2013). group b streptococcal bacteremia in a major teaching hospital in malaysia: a case series of eighteen patients. (ukm.my)
  • Gesiotto Q, Cheema A, Avaiya K, Shah B, Greene J. COVID-19 Virus Infection in Three Patients With Hypogammaglobulinemia. (moffitt.org)
  • Development of a periprosthetic joint infection by Abiotrophia defecti" by Trevor R Tooley, Matthew P Siljander et al. (beaumont.org)
  • The patient had a total knee arthroplasty, previously complicated by a periprosthetic femur fracture requiring surgical fixation and subsequent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis periprosthetic joint infection treated via two-stage revision. (beaumont.org)
  • Patients who are elderly, chronically ill, or immunosuppressed often are afebrile and unable to mount a significant fever or exhibit the classic stigmata of valvular infection. (medscape.com)
  • Saiman L, Siegel J. Infection control recommendations for patients with cystic fibrosis: microbiology, important pathogens, and infection control practices to prevent patient-to-patient transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • Leuconostoc species are not considered part of the normal human flora, but they have been isolated from the feces, vagina, and gastric fluid, primarily in hospitalized patients. (oncohemakey.com)
  • The clinical setting (CoNS are significant in patients with prosthetic valves but not in those with native valves. (medscape.com)
  • Patients who use illicit intravenous drugs, immunocompromised patients, patients with prosthetic heart valves and other intracardiac devices are at highest risk. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Our analysis of BAL fluid from 22 patients with moderate or severe COPD and 10 healthy patients identified a greater proportion of oral bacteria (such as Desulfobulbus , Abiotrophia , and Selenomonas ) in the COPD microbiota than in the healthy lung microbiota. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Chronic bronchopulmonary bacterial infections remain the most common cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Recent community sequencing work has now shown that the bacterial community in the CF lung is polymicrobial. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients. (cdc.gov)
  • 2017). comparative analysis of inflammatory markers produced by macrophages inoculated with invasive and colonizing strains of streptococcus agalactiae (group b streptococcus) and evaluation of patients. (ukm.my)
  • Between stages, the patient received intravenous ceftriaxone for six weeks with subsequent normalization of inflammatory markers. (beaumont.org)
  • There is also an increased risk in patients with indwelling intravascular catheters. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Conclusions: Patients with ABI/GRA-IE were younger, had similar clinical features and rates of surgery and better prognosis than VGS-IE. (huji.ac.il)
  • A comparison of the clinical characteristics of our patient with previously reported cases revealed variability in the disease severity and some clinical presentations, including overall growth, dysmorphic facial features and behavioural psychiatric manifestations. (bvsalud.org)
  • System-wide Surveillance for Clinical Encounters by Patients Previously Identified with MRSA and VRE. (cdc.gov)
  • We conducted this cross-sectional study among 66 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in a tertiary care hospital from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2020. (nmji.in)
  • Rheumatoid factor (ie, "poor man's circulating immune complex") becomes positive in 50% of patients with subacute disease and resolves after successful treatment. (medscape.com)
  • Cascade of care for HIV positive patients followed up in the rural health region of Worodougou-Béré, North-Central region of Côte d Ivoire. (bibliomed.org)
  • is higher on the surface of removable dental prostheses in patients who suffer from denture stomatitis (78%), while it is only 64% in their healthy counterparts. (opendentistryjournal.com)
  • The epidemiology, mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease in adult patients with HIV. (moffitt.org)
  • The relative abundance of microbial short-chain fatty acid production pathways was significantly lower in IBS patients with depression than those without depression in all three subtypes. (bugsigdb.org)
  • This study, conducted in a hill state of northern India, showed a high prevalence of OSA in patients with ACS. (nmji.in)
  • Physicians and researchers work close together to provide innovative treatment options for patients. (moffitt.org)
  • For example, patients with metastatic melanoma who carry a mutation in BRAF kinase respond dramatically well to treatment with vemurafenib, a BRAF-kinase inhibitor. (ispo.ee)
  • This helps detect 92-98% of cases in patients who have not recently received antibiotics. (medscape.com)
  • Prophylactic doses: doses that may be administered to protect the patient from contracting a specific disease, such as vaccines. (prowissen-lauf.de)
  • Heart murmurs are heard in approximately 85% of patients. (medscape.com)
  • One or more classic signs of IE are found in as many as 50% of patients. (medscape.com)
  • Five percent to 10% of patients have false-negative blood culture due to recent antibiotic use. (medscape.com)
  • Taking Care of Your Health features cancer-related information, health tips, patient stories and more. (moffitt.org)
  • Based on the amplicon size present in the V1_V2 region, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was confirmed to be in all 19 samples obtained from the patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The V1 region provided a higher power of discrimination between bacterial profiles of patients. (biomedcentral.com)