Subacute bacterial endocarditis
... , abbreviated SBE, is a type of endocarditis (more specifically, infective endocarditis). ... Loewe reported at the time seven cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis in 1944. Endocarditis Jefferson, James W. (2012-12-06 ... Subacute bacterial endocarditis can be considered a form of type III hypersensitivity. Among the signs of subacute bacterial ... Diagnosis of subacute bacterial endocarditis can be done by collecting three blood culture specimens over a 24-hour period for ...
Infective endocarditis
The term bacterial endocarditis (BE) commonly is used, reflecting the fact that most cases of IE are due to bacteria; however, ... Acute bacterial endocarditis (ABE) is a fulminant illness over days to weeks (. 1 year following valvular surgery). Early ... Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) is often due to streptococci of low virulence (mainly viridans streptococci) and mild to ... This combination of damaged valves, bacterial growth, and lack of a strong immune response results in infective endocarditis.[ ...
James Morgan Sherman
Loewe, Leo; Plummer N.; Niven Jr., C. F.; -- (1946). "Streptococcus in subacute bacterial endocarditis". Journal of the ... His thesis Studies on soil protozoa and their relation to the bacterial flora was supervised by Edwin George Hastings. Sherman ... An important cheesemaking, bacterial subspecies, Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. shermanii, is named in his honor. He ... Albus, William R. (1924). "The Function of Lag in Bacterial Cultures". Journal of Bacteriology. 9 (3): 303-305. doi:10.1128/jb. ...
Bemiparin sodium
... and acute or subacute bacterial endocarditis. No interaction studies have been conducted. Drugs that are expected to increase ...
Endocarditis
The bacterial most commonly involved are streptococci or staphylococci. The diagnosis of infective endocarditis relies on the ... thus causing infective endocarditis. Another form of sterile endocarditis is termed Libman-Sacks endocarditis; this form occurs ... Scholia has a topic profile for Endocarditis. Endocarditis at Curlie (Articles with short description, Short description is ... Like NBTE, Libman-Sacks endocarditis involves small vegetations, while infective endocarditis is composed of large vegetations ...
Moritz Litten
Litten's sign: (Roth's spots) in bacterial endocarditis. Yale, Steven H.; Tekiner, Halil; Mazza, Joseph J.; Yale, Eileen S.; ... Yale, Ryan C. (2021). "3. Endocarditis". Cardiovascular Eponymic Signs: Diagnostic Skills Applied During the Physical ...
Depot injection
PRIEST, WS; SMITH, JM (1949). "Depot penicillin in the treatment of bacterial endocarditis". Quarterly Bulletin. Northwestern ...
Cefalexin
It may also be used for certain types of pneumonia and strep throat and to prevent bacterial endocarditis. Cefalexin is not ... It may be used to prevent bacterial endocarditis. It can also be used for the prevention of recurrent urinary-tract infections ... However, some bacterial cells have the enzyme β-lactamase, which hydrolyzes the beta-lactam ring, rendering the drug inactive. ... It kills gram-positive and some gram-negative bacteria by disrupting the growth of the bacterial cell wall. Cefalexin is a beta ...
Type III hypersensitivity
"Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine ... Some clinical examples: Other examples are: Subacute bacterial endocarditis Symptoms of malaria Gel and Coombs defined type III ...
Haemophilus haemolyticus
MILLER, C. PHILIP (1923-12-01). "SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO A HEMOLYTIC HEMOPHILIC BACILLUS". Archives of Internal ... H. haemolyticus is generally nonpathogenic, however there have been two cases of H.haemolyticus causing endocarditis. There is ... Medical definition Type strain of Haemophilus haemolyticus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase v t e Portal: ... De Santo, Dominic A.; White, Mosetta (2016-12-14). "Hemophilus Hemolyticus Endocarditis". The American Journal of Pathology. 9 ...
Osler's node
The nodes are commonly indicative of subacute bacterial endocarditis. 10-25% of endocarditis patients will have Osler's nodes. ... Other signs of endocarditis include Roth's spots and Janeway lesions. The latter, which also occur on the palms and soles, can ... They are associated with a number of conditions, including infective endocarditis, and are caused by immune complex deposition ... synd/1702 at Who Named It? Osler, W (1908-1909). "Chronic infectious endocarditis". Quarterly Journal of Medicine. Oxford. 2: ...
Antibiotic use in dentistry
If the bacteria involved in the bacteraemia reach the cardiac tissue, infective (or bacterial) endocarditis can develop, with ... Infective endocarditis is an infection of the endothelium lining of the heart. Infective endocarditis is known to dentists as a ... "Antibiotics for the prophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis in dentistry". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (10): CD003813 ... The initial stage of infection is the bacterial infection called cellulitis and is caused by facultative anaerobe bacteria such ...
Lactococcus garvieae
Bacterial endocarditis from L. garvieae is extremely rare and may actually be underreported due to its morphologic and ... In Canada, patients have been found with bacterial endocarditis. It is speculated that the infection followed the consumption ... As few as 10 bacterial cells per fish can cause an infection. L. garvieae is isolated in saltwater fish in the Far East and ... A patient with L. garvieae septicaemia in absence of infective endocarditis was successfully treated with a combination of ...
David L. Reich
Rhee AJ, Fischer GW, Reich DL (2010). "Manifestation of Aortic Root Abscess From Acute Bacterial Endocarditis". J Cardiothorac ...
Dental antibiotic prophylaxis
"Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing bacterial endocarditis following dental procedures". The Cochrane Database of Systematic ... Infective Endocarditis (IE) is the infection of heart valves. Previous beliefs were held that IE can be induced from dental ... Patients need to be informed regarding their cardiac condition and infective endocarditis, and how this may affect dental ... Currently, there are official guidelines for dental antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of infective endocarditis and of ...
HACEK organisms
Raza, SS; Sultan, OW; Sohail, MR (Aug 2010). "Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis in adults: state-of-the-heart". Expert ... of cases of infective endocarditis involving native valves and are the most common Gram-negative cause of endocarditis among ... International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study, Investigators (2013). "HACEK infective endocarditis: ... They have been a frequent cause of culture-negative endocarditis. Culture-negative refers to an inability to produce a colony ...
Antibiotic prophylaxis
Dermatologic surgeons commonly use antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent bacterial endocarditis. Based on previous studies, though ... Visibly worse are postoperative bacterial infections at the site of implanted foreign bodies (sutures, osteosynthetic material ... the risk of endocarditis following cutaneous surgery is low and thus the use of antibiotic prophylaxis is controversial. ... Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Council on Clinical ...
Viridans streptococci
They are the most common causes of subacute bacterial endocarditis. Viridans streptococci are identified in cases of neonatal ... If they are introduced into the bloodstream, they have the potential of causing endocarditis, in particular in individuals with ... "Viridans and bovis group streptococci that cause infective endocarditis in two regions with contrasting epidemiology". ...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
April 1991). "Teicoplanin pharmacokinetics in intravenous drug abusers being treated for bacterial endocarditis". Antimicrobial ... Bacterial sepsis occurs with most (75%) of cases of invasive MRSA infection. In 2009, there were an estimated 463,017 ... For bacteremia and endocarditis, vancomycin or daptomycin is considered. For children with MRSA-infected bone or joints, ... However, along with similar bacterial species that can colonize and act symbiotically, they can cause disease if they begin to ...
Infectious intracranial aneurysm
In most cases the infection originates from left-sided bacterial endocarditis. Other common sources include cavernous sinus ... Positive bacterial cultures from blood or the infected aneurysm wall itself may confirm the diagnosis, however blood cultures ... IIAs caused by fungal infections have a worse prognosis than those caused by bacterial infection. IIAs are uncommon, accounting ... initially attributed to Osler and used to describe bacterial intracranial aneurysms, is a misnomer. Most investigators ...
Carbomycin
... has been successful in treating neither staphylococcal sepsis nor bacterial endocarditis. In 1954, carbomycin was ...
Clostridium innocuum
One case of fatal bacterial endocarditis was also found in the literature. This is possibly the only confirmed case of C. ... Type strain of Clostridium innocuum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase (All articles with dead external links, ... Cutrona, AF; Watanakunacorn (Nov 1995). "Clostridium innocuum endocarditis". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 21 (5): 1306-1307. ... innocuum endocarditis involving the pulmonary and tricuspid valves resulting in multiple emboli and death. In a study that ...
Urinary cast
They can also be associated with renal infarction and subacute bacterial endocarditis. They are a yellowish-brown color and are ...
Lydia Rapoport
This model continues in use today." Rapoport died on September 6, 1971, in New York City of acute bacterial endocarditis. ...
Clarithromycin
It may also be used to prevent bacterial endocarditis in those who cannot take penicillin. It is effective against upper and ... It is in the macrolide class and works by slowing down bacterial protein synthesis. Clarithromycin was developed in 1980 and ... Clarithromycin, sold under the brand name Biaxin among others, is an antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections. ... Clarithromycin is primarily used to treat a number of bacterial infections including pneumonia, Helicobacter pylori, and as an ...
Lactococcus lactis
Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag; 1990:127 Mannion PT, Rothburn MM (November 1990). "Diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis caused ... Another route involves L. lactis being taken up by M cells because of its bacterial size and shape, and the major part of the ... These results highlight the potential use of L. lactis for preventing infections by multiple bacterial species. Secretion of ... Type strain of Lactococcus lactis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase (CS1 errors: generic name, CS1 maint: ...
Mitral valve repair
In rare instances the mitral valve can be destroyed by infection or a bacterial endocarditis. Mitral regurgitation may also ...
Gertrude B. Elion
On June 25, 1941, he died from bacterial endocarditis, an infection of his heart valves. In her Nobel interview, she stated ... Trimethoprim (Proloprim, Monoprim, others), for meningitis, sepsis, and bacterial infections of the urinary and respiratory ...
Neisseria meningitidis
To differentiate any bacterial growth from other species a small amount of a bacterial colony is tested for oxidase, catalase ... Valles J, Ferrer R, Fernández-Viladrich P (2005). "Bloodstream Infections Including Endocarditis and Meningitis". In van Saene ... It causes the only form of bacterial meningitis known to occur epidemically, mainly in Africa and Asia. It occurs worldwide in ... 2009). Bacterial Polysaccharides: Current Innovations and Future Trends. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-45-5. Hill ...
Moxifloxacin
... is an antibiotic, used to treat bacterial infections, including pneumonia, conjunctivitis, endocarditis, ... In the United States, moxifloxacin is licensed for the treatment of acute bacterial sinusitis, acute bacterial exacerbation of ... In the European Union, it is licensed for acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, non-severe community-acquired ... It functions by inhibiting DNA gyrase, a type II topoisomerase, and topoisomerase IV, enzymes necessary to separate bacterial ...