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Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune disorder resulting from Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis or impetigo in ...

Whipple’s disease is a rare bacterial illness affecting multiple organs. Early diagnosis and long-term antibiotics are key to ...

1. The clinical manifestations of infective endocarditis can vary widely, and often present with subtle or nonspecific symptoms. 2. A high index of suspicion is essential for the accurate diagnosis of ...

Background: Loeffler endocarditis is a rare and fatal disease, which is prone to be misdiagnosed, owing to its various clinical manifestations. Consequently, an early identification of Loeffler ...

A lack of ‘peripheral stigmata of endocarditis’ is often misinterpreted to mean ... The criteria are therefore not a substitute for clinical judgement but do provide an objective mechanism to ...

Despite appropriate antibiotic treatment and clinical support ... but no additional symptoms such as headache, neurological deficits, or weight loss. The differential diagnosis included recurrent ...

The presentation of infective endocarditis can be variable and non-specific with patients complaining of systemic symptoms such as fever, night sweats, appetite and weight loss, breathlessness and ...

People with dementia can experience money problems or declining credit scores years before memory loss, or other cognitive symptoms, emerge. They might forget to pay their bills, for instance ...

Background SLE is characterised by excessive production of various autoantibodies and correlation of these antibodies with organ involvement may help to evaluate disease severity and long term ...

In general, one should consider the possibility of infective endocarditis in any patient with sepsis of unknown origin or fever accompanied by risk factors. Initial clinical assessment of patients ...

Common symptoms of UTIs include ... For severe infections, such as endocarditis, combination antibiotics are used. Anderson AC, Jonas D, Huber I, et al. Enterococcus faecalis from food, clinical ...