Transthoracic echocardiogram has low sensitivity and, if negative, should be followed by TEE to exclude endocarditis. Not all cases of non-HACEK Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis necessarily ...

for clinical outcome and its correlation with microbiological etiology in patients with infective endocarditis (IE). Methods: A retrospective single-center analysis was performed from 2007 till 2009.

Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin May Be Triggering Colorectal Cancer Epidemic Among the Young Apr. 23, 2025 — An international team has identified a potential microbial culprit behind the ...

Scientists have identified a strong link between childhood exposure to a bacterial toxin called colibactin and the rising ...

Emma Dimery, diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer in 2013, has recovered. After nearly a decade of treatments, she enrolled in a clinical trial in 2022. The trial at the University of Minnesota ...

This work, which was reported in Nature, may one day help reduce colorectal cancer rates. The research has suggested that a bacterial toxin called colibactin may be to blame. The gut is home to a huge ...

Results of preliminary studies suggest that certain cephalosporin C derivatives may be useful in the treatment of bacterial endocarditis. 11–15 Both cephalothin and cephaloridine have the ...

A groundbreaking study reveals why colorectal cancer rates are soaring in adults under 50. Childhood exposure to colibactin from certain E. coli strains could cause DNA mutations that trigger ...

S.) saw another case of undulant fever. This patient's source of infection was probably infected non-pasteurized milk. Sidel, Nathan — Associate in Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital. Segal, ...