infectious endocarditis

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Related to infectious endocarditis: bacterial endocarditis, native valve endocarditis

infectious endocarditis

[in′fek·shəs ‚en·dō‚kär′dīd·əs]

(medicine)

Inflammation of the endocardium due to an infectious microorganism.

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Because infectious endocarditis was suspected, treatment with intravenous antimicrobial drugs (amoxicillin, 200 mg/kg/day for 6 weeks and gentamicin, 160 mg/day for 2 weeks) was initiated.

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She was hospitalized 2 months before acquiring infectious endocarditis for pneumonia and fever caused by M.

Legionella longbeachae and endocarditis

Infectious endocarditis, one of several types of life-threatening infections caused by S.

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We cultured blood from 111 patients admitted to the Government General Hospital, Chennai, India, from August 2005 through December 2006, with a diagnosis of infectious endocarditis according to the Duke criteria (5).

Bartonella quintana and Coxiella burnetii as causes of endocarditis, India

The mortality rate from infectious endocarditis caused by S.

AMBI Receives Patent for Drug Candidate to Treat Serious Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections

One of the more commonly reported human infections with these organisms is infectious endocarditis.

Nosocomial endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium amycolatum and other nondiphtheriae corynebacteria. (Dispatches)