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Vertebral osteomyelitis in patients with infective endocarditis: prevalence, risk factors and mortality.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
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Department of Cardiology, Noordwest Hospital, Alkmaar, The Netherlands.
Purpose: Infective endocarditis (IE) can be complicated by vertebral osteomyelitis (VO). This study investigates risk factors associated with VO in patients with infective endocarditis, and 6-month mortality and relapse rates in patients with IE and concomitant VO.
Methods: We performed a observational study in two hospitals between September 2016 and October 2022.
Predictors of persistent fever among patients with suspected infective endocarditis: think outside the box.
Clin Infect Dis
November 2024
Infectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Background: Fever is common in infective endocarditis (IE), yet little is known about fever duration in such patients. We aim to identify predictors of persistent fever in patients with suspected IE.
Methods: This study was conducted at the Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland, from January 2014 to June 2023.
Case report: First reported case of spondylodiscitis caused by Gemella morbillorum in South Africa.
S Afr Med J
November 2024
Department of Orthopaedics, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa.
Pyogenic spondylodiscitis is an uncommon but important clinical condition that often requires medical and/or surgical management. We report a case of spondylodiscitis caused by a rare pathogen, Gemella morbillorum. To date, worldwide, only six such cases of confirmed spondylodiscitis infection with this rare pathogen have been documented, and this is the first reported case in South Africa.
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Neth Heart J
December 2024
Department of Cardiology, Northwest Clinics, Alkmaar, The Netherlands.
Background: This study investigates the effects of spondylodiscitis on the inflammation burden in infective endocarditis patients.
Methods: A prospective, observational study was conducted between September 2018 and October 2022 in a non-surgical teaching hospital. Patients with a definite or possible and treated as infective endocarditis were recruited from the Alkmaar Endocarditis Team meetings.
Prosthetic stent graft infection caused by Aerococcus urinae: A case report and literature review.
J Infect Chemother
February 2025
Department of General Internal Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Aerococcus urinae, a gram-positive, catalase-negative coccus, has emerged as a notable pathogen in clinical microbiology. It is traditionally associated with urinary tract infections in elderly males with underlying urologic conditions. Recently, A.
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