More than Garden Variety: Massive Vegetations from Infective Endocarditis
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DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9120998
Abstract: Infective endocarditis classically involves non-sterile vegetations on valvular surfaces in the heart. Feared complications include embolization and acute heart failure. Surgical intervention achieves source control and alleviates valvular regurgitation in complicated cases. Vegetations >1 cm… read more here.
Keywords: infective endocarditis; variety massive; garden variety; massive vegetations ... See more keywords
Images of the month 5: Emphysematous pyelonephritis: not your garden-variety pyelonephritis.
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DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0238
Abstract: A 62-year-old Indian woman with poorly-controlled diabetes mellitus presented with a recent admission for septic shock secondary to Escherichia coli bacteraemia and urosepsis for which she was treated with 10 days of intravenous piperacillin-tazobactam. She… read more here.
Keywords: garden variety; pyelonephritis garden; pyelonephritis; month emphysematous ... See more keywords