Infective endocarditis

Infective Endocarditis
Infective endocarditis is an infection that can seriously damage heart valves and cause other serious complications if it is not treated quickly with antibiotics.

Infective Endocarditis
What is bacterial endocarditis?
Bacterial endocarditis (BE, also called infective endocarditis) is an infection of the heart valves or the heart's inner lining (endocardium).

Infective endocarditis is infection of the endocardium, usually with bacteria (commonly, streptococci and staphylococci) or fungi. It causes fever, heart murmurs, petechiae, anemia, embolic phenomena, and endocardial vegetations.

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Infective endocarditis is a serious infection of the endocardium (the smooth interior lining of the heart ) and/or the heart valves. Although several different types of organisms can cause endocarditis, it is usually caused by a bacterial infection.

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Acute malignant or ulcerative endocarditis occurs in certain forms of septicaemia or of pyaemia.

Infective endocarditis (IE) occurs if bacteria, fungi, or other germs invade your bloodstream and attach to abnormal areas of your heart. Certain factors increase the risk of this happening.

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Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the lining of heart chambers or valves with bacteria, fungi, or other organisms that are released into the bloodstream.

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Infective endocarditis - An infection of the heart valves and the innermost lining of the heart (the endocardium), caused by bacteria in the bloodstream.
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Karchmer AW. Infective Endocarditis. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2007:chap 63.

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- Usually caused by infective endocarditis -- surgical replacement of the valve is usually needed. Vasodilators may temporarily stabilize the condition.

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ACC/AHA 2008 guideline update on valvular heart disease: Focused update on infective endocarditis: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: Endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular ...

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Infective endocarditis is an infection of the heart. Because the heart does not receive blood directly, if bacteria manages to attach itself to the heart and infect it, white blood cells are unable to reach the heart to fight off the infection.

People with some types of heart defects, including VSD, are at greater risk in their lifetime of developing infective endocarditis, an infection of the inner surface of the heart caused by bacteria in the bloodstream.

Some heart defects, and the repair of defects, create changes to the surface of the heart in which bacteria can become stuck and grow into an infection (infective endocarditis).

However, most cases of non-infective endocarditis result from underlying conditions, like cancer or lupus. Treatment depends upon the likelihood of curing the underlying condition. In lupus for example, treatment undertaken would probably be surgery.

Hoen B. Epidemiology and antibiotic treatment of infective endocarditis: an update. Heart . 2006;92:1694-1700. Review.
Rakel RE and Bope ET. Conn's Current Therapy 2001 . 53rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Company; 2001.

The combined effects of a low-grade persistent infection (such as occur with haemolytic Streptococcus viridans or staphylococcal infective endocarditis, or with a parasite such as Plasmodium vivax, or in viral hepatitis), ...

People with obstructive HCM may be at increased risk for infective endocarditis, a potentially life-threatening condition. Those at risk should take the following precautions: ...

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People who have a bicuspid valve are also more likely than other people to get an infection (infective endocarditis) that can cause the aortic valve to become leaky (aortic regurgitation) as well as narrow.

This disease without diagnose and treatment can present complications like post surgical wound infection, infective endocarditis in valvular heart disease and fatal septicemia in immunocompromised patients.
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Acute mitral regurgitation may be caused by dysfunction or injury to the valve following a heart attack or infection of the heart valve (infective endocarditis).

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All patients should have antibiotic cover over the period before and following surgery. Infective endocarditis rarely responds to antibiotics alone and further valve replacement is almost always necessary.

However, people with mild MVP are often prescribed antibiotics before dental work or certain types of surgery to prevent a heart valve infection called infective endocarditis.

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Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) and scalded skin syndrome (SSS) are among the most serious. S. aureus is also emerging as a leading cause of infective endocarditis and of a higher mortality rate from this disorder.

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See also: Endocarditis, Carditis, Symptom, Surgery, Fever