Background Infective endocarditis (IE) continues to be associated with great challenges.
Embolic events (EE) are frequent and life‐threatening complications in IE patients. It remains …

Introduction Mural infective endocarditis (MIE) is a rare type of endovascular infection. We
present a comprehensive series of patients with mural endocarditis. Methods Patients with …

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and many fungal species (spp.) are commonly
associated with opportunistic infections (OPIs) in immunocompromised individuals …

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threating entity with three main complications: heart failure
(HF), uncontrolled infection (UI) and embolic events (EEs). HF and UI are the main …

Staphylococcus aureus (SA) and Streptococcus species (SS) show different clinical
manifestations in infective endocarditis (IE), but the impact on the complexity of surgical …

Vasculitis is an autoimmune disease characterized by the infiltration of leukocytes in blood
vessels. An increasing number of studies on human and animal models have implicated …

Aspergillus fumigatus is a human-pathogenic mold that extracts nutrients from the
environment or from host tissues by secreting hydrolytic enzymes. The ability of A. fumigatus …

Infective Endocarditis (IE) carries significant mortality. Bacteremia, which is a predisposing
factor for IE, occurs more frequently in immunocompromised individuals. Interestingly, IE in …

Fungal endocarditis (FE) is a rare but fatal disease. The incidence of infective endocarditis
(IE) in hemodialysis patients with catheters is thought to be obviously higher than that in the …

Background The epidemiology, and outcome of infective endocarditis (IE) among solid
organ transplant (SOT) recipients is unknown. Methods We used data from the 2013-2018 …