This article illustrates that, although epidemiology and management of HACEK group endocarditis has remained relatively unchanged over time, fundamental changes are needed in our understanding of ...

Healthcare contact is an emerging risk factor for non-HACEK Gram-negative endocarditis. Injection drug use is a relatively infrequent cause of endocarditis in this group of patients in more ...

I have always heard that if you move your stuff more than three times in your life, it is like having a fire. I don’t know if that is right as in my life I have moved twice. Last time I could do it in ...

The other day I was on a short road trip. Actually, I was traveling 120 miles one way to the dentist. On my way, as I usually do, I was eating. But. Yes, a sugary sweet “but.” Not eating something ...

Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is characterised by sterile vegetations on heart valves and often emerges in hypercoagulable states like malignancy. It is frequently underdiagnosed and ...