Guidelines for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with unexplained fever. J Infect Dis 1990; 161:381—396. ‏ معلومات المراجع [books.google.com]

RESULTS--Group A--9 patients aged 8-58 years, 3 men, all them with cardiac murmurs, fever and anemia, 5 with splenomegaly. Hemocultures were done in 7 patients and positive in 1. [bases.bireme.br]

[…] of unknown origin endocarditis prophylaxis may be required before dental procedures Presentation Symptoms persistent fevers (the most common symptom) shortness of breath systemic symptoms weakness fever malaise Physical exam new murmur on auscultation [medbullets.com]

Diagnosis Endocarditis is suspected in a patient with a heart murmur and unexplained fever for at least one week, and in an intravenous drug abuser with a fever, even in the absence of hearing a murmur. [healthcentral.com]

Once the fever and the worst of the symptoms have gone away, the patient may be able to continue antibiotic therapy at home. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

The symptoms of acute IE usually begin with fever (102 –104 F), chills, fast heart rate, fatigue, night sweats, aching joints and muscles, persistent cough or swelling in the feet, legs or abdomen. [heart.org]

Consultant: Volume 47 - Issue 2 - February 2007 For a week, a 39-year-old woman with a history of intravenous heroin use had generalized pain, fever, chills, and a nonproductive cough. [consultant360.com]

Other symptoms include chills, weakness, cough, trouble breathing, headaches, aching joints, and loss of appetite. Emboli may also cause a variety of symptoms, depending on their location. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Other constitutional symptoms include chills, sweats, loss of appetite, and malaise [2]. Although a new or changed regurgitant murmur is the most common cardiac finding on physical examination, this may be absent in right-sided endocarditis. [journalofethics.ama-assn.org]

Common signs and symptoms of endocarditis include: Flu-like symptoms, such as fever and chills A new or changed heart murmur, which is the heart sounds made by blood rushing through your heart Fatigue Aching joints and muscles Night sweats Shortness of [mayoclinic.org]

Cardiac / renal failure can develop rapidly (50-70%) Haematuria secondary to renal failure present in about 70% of patients Rigors Night sweats Splinter haemorrhages (10-20%) Red lines that run vertically along the nails. [almostadoctor.co.uk]

[…] based on course of untreated disease: acute, subacute, chronic Newer classification system is based on causative organism Also classify based on native valve or prosthetic valve endocarditis Clinical features Vague constitutional symptoms such as fever, rigors [pathologyoutlines.com]

The patient presented with fever with chills and rigors 2 weeks after the induced abortion. She remained febrile for 1.5 months and did not respond to therapy. After subsequent investigations, she was found to have TV endocarditis. [atmph.org]

A 33-year-old male, intravenous drug abuser presented with history of fever, rigors, night sweats, cough, pleuritic chest pain, hemoptysis, and worsening dyspnea of two months duration. [heartviews.org]

[…] phenomena: glomerulonephritis which allows for blood and albumin to enter the urine, [7] Osler's nodes (painful subcutaneous lesions in the distal fingers), Roth's spots on the retina, positive serum rheumatoid factor Other signs may include night sweats, rigors [en.wikipedia.org]

disease heart sound Hemodynamic hypertension hypertrophy impulse increased influence left atrium left ventricle left ventricular mechanism Metabolism mitral stenosis murmur Muscle myocardial infarction myocardium normal occur oxygen pacemaker patients [books.google.com]

Article type: Research Article Authors: Jalal, Zakaria Camou, Fabrice Roubertie, François Iriart, Xavier Thambo, Jean-Benoit Affiliations: Department of Congenital Heart Diseases, Bordeaux University Hospital, Avenue Magellan, Pessac, France Department [content.iospress.com]

disease IV drug use immunosuppression prosthetic heart valve congenital heart disease Etiology Pathogenesis endothelial damage on the surface of the cardiac valve can cause a thrombus to form factors include turbulent blood flow that can damage endothelium [medbullets.com]

Conditions predisposing to native valve endocarditis are rheumatic heart disease (where the mitral valve is frequently involved followed by the aortic valve), congenital heart disease (commonly patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, and [atmph.org]

Diseases listed under high risk include: Prior endocarditis Unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart diseases Completely repaired congenital heart disease in their first 6 months Prosthetic heart valves Incompletely repaired congenital heart diseases Cardiac [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] contractility coronary artery curve decrease diagnosis diastolic digitalis diuretics drug dyspnea ectopic effect ejection electrocardiogram fibers fibrillation filling findings first fluid function gallop heart disease heart sound Hemodynamic hypertension hypertrophy impulse [books.google.com]

Transducer — A device that converts electrical signals into ultrasound waves and ultrasound waves back into electrical impulses. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Diagnosis 5.1 Clinical features 5.2 Laboratory findings 5.3 Imaging techniques 5.3.1 Echocardiography 5.3.2 Multislice computed tomography 5.3.3 Magnetic resonance imaging 5.3.4 Nuclear imaging 5.4 Microbiological diagnosis 5.4.1 Blood culture–positive [escardio.org]

positive for infectious organisms Blood cultures that are positive for microorganisms, which are taken 12 hours apart 3 blood cultures positive on separate occasions that are taken at least 1 hour apart Abnormalities in echocardiogram showing either a [dovemed.com]

The Duke Criteria for the Clinical Diagnosis of Infectious Endocarditis Major criteria Positive blood culture Two separate blood cultures positive for microorganism consistent with infectious endocarditis (viridans Streptococcus, Streptococcus bovis, [aafp.org]

IV drug user, congenital heart condition, prosthetic valve Unusual echo, but not with findings stated above Immunological factors present; Roth spots, Osler’s nodes, glomerulonephritis, rheumatoid factor Blood cultures positive, but major criteria not [almostadoctor.co.uk]

The criteria combine the clinical, microbiologic, pathologic, and echocardiographic characteristics of a specific case [2] : Major blood culture criteria for IE include the following: Two blood cultures positive for organisms typically found in patients [emedicine.medscape.com]

Infection often reflects underlying abnormalities of the large bowel (eg, ulcerative colitis, polyps, cancer). The organisms are sensitive to penicillin. [emedicine.medscape.com]