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	Endocarditis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium.
		Endocarditis can be classified as either infective or non-infective, depending on whether a foreign organism is causing the problem.
		Infective endocarditis is associated with a 25% mortality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Endocarditis (975 words)

	Infective Endocarditis - Waltham OSU Symposium 2002
		Infective endocarditis is defined as a microbial infection of the endocardial surface.
		Vegetative endocarditis refers to a specific form of endocarditis in which structures (vegetations) composed of platelets, fibrin, microorganisms, and inflammatory cells are found adhered to heart valves or occasionally clinging in the vicinity of septal defects, chordae tendineae, or the mural endocardium.
		Endocarditis complicates approximately 20-30% of cases of diskospondylitis in dogs, in whom pain or the onset of neurologic signs (caused by spinal cord or nerve root compression) generally signals the presence of disease.
	www.vin.com /proceedings/Proceedings.plx?CID=WALTHAMOSU2002&PID=2993 (2464 words)

	Bacterial Zoonoses and Infective Endocarditis, Algeria \| CDC EID
		Infective endocarditis was classified as definite in 77 cases and possible in 33.
		Infective endocarditis prognosis is often obscured by delayed diagnosis and a lack of specific treatment.
		In Algeria, cases of infective endocarditis caused by zoonotic and arthropodborne disease agents, such as Coxiella burnetii, Brucella melitensis, and Bartonella quintana are frequently observed and correspond to one quarter of the performed diagnoses.
	www.cdc.gov /NCIDOD/EID/vol11no02/04-0668.htm (4248 words)

	eMedicine - Infective Endocarditis : Article Excerpt by: John L Brusch, MD, FACP
		Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the endocardial surface of the heart.
		Endocarditis is not a disease of the past but has evolved into several variations to keep it near the top of the list of diseases that must not be misdiagnosed or overlooked.
		Since the 1980s, IE could be described as infective endocarditis in the era of intravascular devices because infection of intravascular lines has been determined to be the primary risk factor for Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (BSIs).
	www.emedicine.com /med/byname/infective-endocarditis.htm (620 words)

	CDC - Emerging Issues in Infective Endocarditis
		Infective endocarditis, a serious infection of the endocardium of the heart, particularly the heart valves, is associated with a high degree of illness and death.
		Infective endocarditis is associated with severe illness and death and generally occurs in patients with altered and abnormal heart architecture who have been exposed to bacteria through trauma and other potentially high-risk activities.
		Endocarditis developed in Brian Littrell (1975–), singer with the Backstreet Boys, at the age of 5 years (he was born with a ventricular septal defect, although surgery was not recommended at the time) (19).
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol10no6/03-0848.htm (3762 words)

	Infective Endocarditis
		Endocarditis is an infection that invades the innermost lining of the heart - the endothelium.
		The prevalence of infective endocarditis is between 1.7 and 4 per 100,000 persons, most commonly affecting men in their fifties.
		Infective endocarditis is treated with antibiotics and with surgery in some situations.
	www.personalmd.com /news/inf_endo_041100.shtml (577 words)

	Emerging Infectious Diseases: Bacterial zoonoses and infective endocarditis, Algeria
		A total of 18 infective endocarditis cases were caused by zoonotic and arthropodborne bacteria, including Bartonella quintana (14 cases), Brucella melitensis (2 cases), and Coxiella burnetii (2 cases).
		A retrospective analysis of Algerian infective endocarditis cases showed streptococci and staphylococci were the leading causes, followed by less frequent causes, such as enterobacteria and Haemophilus spp.
		If macroscopic lesions of infective endocarditis were detected, we attempted to divide the valve into 3 parts to be used for bacteriologic analysis, storage at -80[degrees]C, and histologic analysis.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0GVK/is_2_11/ai_n11833875 (1146 words)

	Infective Endocarditis
		Infective endocarditis caused by viridans group streptococci was the most common organism-specific subgroup, with an annual adjusted incidence of 1.7 to 3.5 cases per 100,000; in comparison, IE due to Staphylococcus aureus had an annual adjusted incidence of 1.0 to 2.2 cases per 100,000.
		Surgery was performed in 74% of patients with native valve endocarditis and in 58% of those with prosthetic valve endocarditis; the median time delay between the diagnosis of infective endocarditis and surgery tended to be shorter in prosthetic valve endocarditis than in native valve endocarditis (45 vs 60 days).
		Infective endocarditis in patients with negative blood cultures: analysis of 88 cases from a one-year nationwide survey in France.
	www.thedoctorsdoctor.com /diseases/endocarditis_infective.htm (9095 words)

	Infective endocarditis and perivalvular abscess: a dangerous duo -- Shafran 167 (1): 38 -- Canadian Medical Association ...
		Incidence of infective endocarditis in the Delaware Valley, 1988–1990.
		Valve ring abscess in infective endocarditis: frequency, location, and clues to clinical diagnosis from the study of 95 necropsy patients.
		Native valve infective endocarditis in the general population: a 10-year survey of the clinical picture during the 1980s.
	www.ecmaj.com /cgi/content/full/167/1/38 (1058 words)

	eMedicine - Endocarditis : Article by Keith Marill, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Background: Infective endocarditis is defined as an infection of the endocardial surface of the heart, which may include one or more heart valves, the mural endocardium, or a septal defect.
		Pathophysiology: Infective endocarditis generally occurs as a consequence of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, which results from turbulence or trauma to the endothelial surface of the heart.
		Bayer AS, Scheld WM: Endocarditis and Intravascular Infections.
	www.emedicine.com /emerg/topic164.htm (2939 words)

	Endocarditis, Pericarditis, and Myocarditis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Infective endocarditis is a rare but potentially devastating infection of the native endocardium, hear valves, or blood vessels.
		In the classic review of the clinical presentation of endocarditis in children by Johnson et al, fever was present in 87%, new murmur in 85%, splenomegaly in 65%, congestive heart failure in 34%, systemic emboli in 30% and pericardial effusion in 21%.
		In view of the serious nature of infective endocarditis, any measure that corrects structural congenital heart disease or lessens the risk of bacteremia reduces the chance of acquiring endocarditis.
	home.coqui.net /myrna/myocar.htm (1398 words)

	Infective Endocarditis - Patient UK
		Infective endocarditis is an infection which can seriously damage heart valves and cause other complications if it is not treated early with antibiotics.
		Infective endocarditis is an infection which affects some part of the endocardium.
		If you inject street drugs then your risk of infective endocarditis can be reduced by always using a clean needle and other injecting equipment.
	www.patient.co.uk /showdoc/27000162 (1422 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Infectious endocarditis
		Infectious endocarditis is an infection of the lining of the heart chambers and heart valves caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or other infectious agents.
		Infectious endocarditis is an inflammation of the heart valves.
		The infection may be bacteremia (bacteria in the blood), which is common during dental, upper respiratory, urologic, and lower gastrointestinal diagnostic and surgical procedures.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000681.htm (859 words)

	Unique Features of Infective Endocarditis in Childhood -- Ferrieri et al. 105 (17): 2115 -- Circulation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Infective endocarditis in infants and children during the past 10 years: a decade of change.
		Infective endocarditis in children with congenital heart disease: comparison of selected features in patients with surgical correction or palliation and those without.
		Echocardiography in infective endocarditis: reassessment of prognostic implications of vegetation size determined by the transthoracic and the transesophageal approach.
	circ.ahajournals.org /cgi/content/full/105/17/2115 (6745 words)

	Recurrent infective endocarditis: a multivariate analysis of 21 years of experience -- Renzulli et al. 72 (1): 39 -- ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		the incidence of infective endocarditis, in spite of antibiotic
		Recurrent endocarditis is a dreadful complication; the infection
		Identification of high-risk subgroups in infective endocarditis and the role of echocardiography.
	ats.ctsnetjournals.org /cgi/content/full/72/1/39 (2220 words)

	Infective Endocarditis (Infectious Endocarditis) - Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center
		Infective endocarditis is an infection of the lining of the heart's chambers (called the
		Endocarditis is more common in people older than 50, and men are affected more often than women.
		Most doctors will suspect infective endocarditis if you tell them your symptoms and if you have a history of congenital heart disease, rheumatic fever, or valve disease.
	www.tmc.edu /thi/endocard.html (997 words)

	Infective Endocarditis
		Once infective endocarditis is properly diagnosed, the overall cure rate for is over 80% and major complications can be avoided.
		The major risk factors for endocarditis are a history of endocarditis, prosthetic valvular heart disease or regurgitant heart murmur.
		A controversial case-control study of dental and cardiac risk factors in 273 patients concluded that dental treatment does not seem to increase the risk for infective endocarditis and "few cases of infective endocarditis would be preventable with antibiotic prophylaxis, even with 100% effectiveness assumed," and it called for a reconsideration of current prophylaxis policies.
	www.helenacardiology.com /infective_endocarditis.htm (1705 words)

	eMedicine - Infective Endocarditis : Article by John L Brusch, MD, FACP
		The common denominator for adherence and invasion is nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, a sterile fibrin-platelet vegetation.
		Fungal endocarditis must always be considered in the clinical setting of culture-negative IE that fails to respond to appropriate antibiotic therapy.
		Fungal endocarditis is rare and primarily occurs after prosthetic valve surgery and in individuals who abuse intravenous drugs.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic671.htm (12722 words)

	THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 16, Ch. 208, Endocarditis
		The incidence of catheter-induced endocarditis in humans is lower than expected from animal studies.
		Noninfective endocarditis should be suspected when chronically ill patients develop symptoms suggestive of arterial embolism.
		Differentiation from culture-negative infective endocarditis may be difficult but is important because anticoagulation of patients with infective endocarditis is associated with a high incidence of hemorrhage.
	www.merck.com /pubs/mmanual/section16/chapter208/208b.htm (345 words)

	INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN A NEONATE
		Acute infective endocarditis (IE) is reported in a full-term female neonate, who was large for gestational age, with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
		Congenital heart disease is found in only 8% of neonates with infective endocarditis, compared to 80% in older children and adults.
		Infective endocarditis in newborn infants with structurally normal heart.
	www.kfshrc.edu.sa /annals/173/96-252.html (1268 words)

	Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis and Its Complications -- Bayer et al. 98 (25): 2936 -- Circulation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Infective endocarditis in children: clinical analysis and evaluation of two diagnostic criteria.
		Prosthetic valve endocarditis: clinicopathologic analysis of 22 necropsy patients with comparison of observations in 74 necropsy patients with active infective endocarditis involving natural left-sided cardiac valves.
		Conventional and transoesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis.
	circ.ahajournals.org /cgi/content/full/98/25/2936 (8086 words)

	Infective Endocarditis Surgery
		Infective endocarditis (IE) [also called bacterial endocarditis (BE), or subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) ] occurs when germs (especially bacteria) enter the blood stream and attack the lining of the heart valves. Infective endocarditis causes growths or holes on the valve or scarring of the valve tissue, most often resulting in a leaky heart valve.
		However, in about 25-30 percent of patients with IE, surgery is needed during the early acute phase of infection due to severe valve leakage or failure to control the infection with antibiotics.
		Patients who have had prior valve replacement, and have an infected prosthetic valve (prosthetic valve endocarditis or PVE), are more likely to need surgery than those with their original valves (native valve endocarditis).
	www.clevelandclinic.org /heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/valve/sbesurgery.htm (1005 words)

	Infective Endocarditis in Adults -- Medical Progress article from New England Journal of Medicine
		Stephen B. Calderwood, M.D. Infective endocarditis, a microbial infection of the endocardial
		Judicious use of transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis.
		Innocent victim of a localised outbreak: legionella endocarditis.
	content.nejm.org /cgi/content/short/345/18/1318 (1000 words)

	JAMA -- Abstract: Changing Profile of Infective Endocarditis: Results of a 1-Year Survey in France, July 3, 2002, Hoen ...
		JAMA -- Abstract: Changing Profile of Infective Endocarditis: Results of a 1-Year Survey in France, July 3, 2002, Hoen et al.
		Infective endocarditis: a frequent disease in dialysis patients
		Infective endocarditis in the Western Cape Province of South Africa: a three-year prospective study
	jama.ama-assn.org /cgi/content/abstract/288/1/75 (546 words)

	Bacterial Endocarditis Protection
		Infective endocarditis (also referred to as subacute bacterial endocarditis, SBE) occurs when germs (especially bacteria) enter your blood stream and attack the lining of your heart valves. Infective endocarditis causes growths or holes on your valve or scarring of the valve tissue, most often resulting in a leaky heart valve.
		Those in the non-risk group do not have a greater risk of developing endocarditis than the general population. It is rare for people without underlying heart disease to develop endocarditis. Endocarditis protection is not usually necessary in this patient group.
		Bacterial endocarditis treatment starts with prevention. Once endocarditis occurs, quick treatment is necessary to prevent damage to the heart valves and more serious complications, such as death.
	www.clevelandclinic.org /heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/valve/sbe.htm (766 words)

	Arch Intern Med -- Abstract: Neurologic Manifestations of Infective Endocarditis: A 17-Year Experience in a Teaching ...
		Arch Intern Med -- Abstract: Neurologic Manifestations of Infective Endocarditis: A 17-Year Experience in a Teaching Hospital in Finland, October 9, 2000, Heiro et al.
		Utility of serum C-reactive protein in assessing the outcome of infective endocarditis
		Infective Endocarditis: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association: Endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America
	archinte.ama-assn.org /cgi/content/abstract/160/18/2781 (452 words)

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