Publications by authors named "Nevine Gamal El-din El-Rachidi"
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on improving the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE), especially cases that are hard to identify through traditional culture methods due to antibiotics or tricky microorganisms.
- Researchers included 156 patients, using blood cultures and serological tests for various pathogens, along with molecular techniques like PCR to analyze potential infection in blood and heart tissues.
- Their findings showed that while traditional blood cultures identified only 30.3% of cases, combining different diagnostic approaches reduced unidentifiable cases significantly from 69.7% to 49.2%, emphasizing the value of advanced serological and molecular methods in diagnosing IE.
