In many natural and clinical settings, bacteria are associated with some type of biotic or
abiotic surface that enables them to form biofilms, a multicellular lifestyle with bacteria …

Importance Acute myocarditis, defined as a sudden inflammatory injury to the myocardium,
affects approximately 4 to 14 people per 100 000 each year globally and is associated with …

Objectives To develop evidence-based recommendations for clinicians caring for children
(including infants, school-aged children, and adolescents) with septic shock and other …

Fungal endocarditis accounts for 1% to 3% of all infective endocarditis cases, is associated
with high morbidity and mortality (> 70%), and presents numerous challenges during clinical …

The genus Enterococcus comprises a ubiquitous group of Gram-positive bacteria that are of
great relevance to human health for their role as major causative agents of health care …

Pacemakers, implantable cardiac defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy
devices are potentially life-saving treatments for a number of cardiac conditions, but are not …

Infective endocarditis is defined by a focus of infection within the heart and is a feared
disease across the field of cardiology. It is frequently acquired in the health care setting, and …

Objective To provide an update to “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management
of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012”. Design A consensus committee of 55 international …

Although surgery was the mainstay of treatment for valvular heart disease, transcatheter
valve therapies have grown exponentially over the past decade. Two types of artificial heart …

Invasive disease due to group B Streptococcus infection (Streptococcus agalactiae) results
in a wide spectrum of clinical disease. In North America, serotypes Ia, Ib, II, III, and V are …