Injection drug use is a relatively infrequent cause of endocarditis in this group of patients in more contemporary cohorts. All patients with suspected Gram-negative endocarditis should undergo ...

2010;8(8):879-885. These examples highlight the importance of host immune defenses in protecting against Gram-negative endocarditis. With a changing demographic profile, notably a growing elderly ...

Daniel C. DeSimone, MD, Chair; Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, MD, Vice Chair; Grace E. Marx, MD, MPH; Pierre Tattevin, MD; Barbara Hasse, MD; David W. McCormick, MD ...

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He was born with aortic stenosis and had his first bout with endocarditis at age 18; open heart surgeries to replace his aortic valve took place in 1976, 1978, 1985, 1989 and 2005, when he had his ...