During the past twenty years there has been essentially no change in the overall survival rate in cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis. In the younger group almost all acute and subacute cases ...

Eleven cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis were selected for study. The pertinent information concerning etiologic agent, antibiotic employed, dosage and duration of treatment, as well as the ...

The valves of the heart are the most affected structures in the heart by bacterial endocarditis. Subacute endocarditis causes ...

Transthoracic echocardiogram has low sensitivity and, if negative, should be followed by TEE to exclude endocarditis. Not all cases of non-HACEK Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis necessarily ...

subacute bacterial endocarditis, hypercoagulopathies, uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes with vascular disease, headaches with focal neurologic symptoms). Breast or other estrogen or progestin ...

subacute bacterial endocarditis, hypercoagulopathies, uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes with vascular disease, headaches with focal neurologic symptoms). Breast or other estrogen or progestin ...