"Endocarditis, Bacterial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Inflammation of the ENDOCARDIUM caused by BACTERIA that entered the bloodstream. The strains of bacteria vary with predisposing factors, such as CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; or intravenous drug use.
| Descriptor ID |
D004697
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.300 C01.539.190.249 C14.260.249 C14.280.282.407
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| Concept/Terms |
Endocarditis, Bacterial- Endocarditis, Bacterial
- Bacterial Endocarditis
- Endocarditides, Bacterial
- Bacterial Endocarditides
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Endocarditis, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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Afonina I, Lim XN, Tan R, Kline KA. Planktonic Interference and Biofilm Alliance between Aggregation Substance and Endocarditis- and Biofilm-Associated Pili in Enterococcus faecalis. J Bacteriol. 2018 12 15; 200(24).
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Saydain G, Singh J, Dalal B, Yoo W, Levine DP. Outcome of patients with injection drug use-associated endocarditis admitted to an intensive care unit. J Crit Care. 2010 Jun; 25(2):248-53.
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Miller-Torbert TA, Sharma S, Holt RG. Inactivation of a gene for a fibronectin-binding protein of the oral bacterium Streptococcus mutans partially impairs its adherence to fibronectin. Microb Pathog. 2008 Jul; 45(1):53-9.
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Seto TB. The case for infectious endocarditis prophylaxis: time to move forward. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Feb 26; 167(4):327-30.
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Ritter AV, Southerland J. Heart diseases and oral health. J Esthet Restor Dent. 2007; 19(4):233-4.
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Dhawan VK. Infective endocarditis in elderly patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Mar 15; 34(6):806-12.
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Seto TB, Kwiat D, Taira DA, Douglas PS, Manning WJ. Physicians' recommendations to patients for use of antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent endocarditis. JAMA. 2000 Jul 05; 284(1):68-71.