Since the reclassification of the genus Bartonella in 1993, the number of species has grown
from 1 to 45 currently designated members. Likewise, the association of different Bartonella …

In recent decades the incidence of Candida endocarditis has increased dramatically.
Despite the application of surgery and antifungal therapy, Candida endocarditis remains a …

Fungal endocarditis (FE) is a rare disease but in recent years its incidence as well as
mortality is increasing particularly in developing nations. Candida and Aspergillus species …

Endocarditis is uncommon in patients with cancer. The characteristics of culture-positive
(CPE) and culture-negative endocarditis (CNE) in high-risk cancer patients are not known; …

Cardiac zygomycosis can be a critical condition with sudden onset of severe congestive
heart failure followed by severe hemodynamic deterioration. We report a fatal course of …

Candida albicans tricuspid valve endocarditis in an intravenous drug addict: Successful
treatment with fluconazole Page 1 localization of salmonellae is regarded as an exceedingly …

Fungal endocarditis (FE) is a rare infection in pediatrics which accounts for 5% of the cases
of infective endocarditis. This pathology affects immunosuppressed patients in a greater …

In this report we describe a previously healthy 36-year-old man who presented with septic
shock secondary to bacterial endocarditis with multiple cerebral, mesenteric, and peripheral …

The S. mutans had a minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) to penicillin of 0.008 g/mL. Since
the patient was stable, it was elected to initiate home parenteral antimicrobial therapy with …