▪ Abstract The role of biofilms in the pathogenesis of some chronic human infections is now
widely accepted. However, the criteria used to determine whether a given infection is …

Infective endocarditis in children is a rare entity that poses multiple challenges. A history of
congenital heart disease is the most common risk factor, although in recent years, other …

Single (nafcillin for 6 weeks) and combined (nafcillin for 6 weeks plus gentamicin for 2
weeks) drug regimens were compared in two separate multicenter prospective randomized …

Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of infectious endocarditis and its mortality has
remained high despite better diagnostic and therapeutic procedures over time. We …

To assess the most relevant features of hospital-acquired endocarditis, we conducted a
retrospective study of cases of infectious endocarditis at a single university hospital from …

Infective endocarditis is an endovascular microbial infection of cardiovascular structures,
including large intrathoracic vessels and intracardiac foreign bodies. The characteristic …

Endocarditis involving right-sided valvular structures is largely a disease of intravenous drug
abusers. The majority of these patients respond to antibiotic therapy with clearing of their …

Platelet vegetations or thrombi are common findings in subacute bacterial endocarditis. We
investigated the hypothesis that human platelets selectively bind or adhere strains of …

It is not the presence of microorganisms, but their interaction with patients that determines
their influence on wound healing. Documenting this critical but often ignored aspect of the …

We carried out univariate and multivariate analysis of outcome among 122 patients with
prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) admitted to our ICU between 1978 and 1992. The …