thereby providing a substratum for bacterial adherence (the initial stage in the pathogenesis of endocarditis). In addition, after endothelial damage and turbulent blood flow, inflammatory ...

Since the 1950s, major strides in understanding its etiology and pathogenesis have led ... increased risk of stroke, infective endocarditis, and, most importantly, sudden cardiac death ...

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 ...

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Bacterial genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in bacteria, their chromosomes, plasmids, transposons and phages. Techniques that have enabled this discipline are ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and the fifth worldwide, according to WHO.

The term dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) refers to a spectrum of heterogeneous myocardial disorders that are characterized by ventricular dilation and depressed myocardial performance in the absence of ...

The etiology and pathogenesis of CRC remain unclear ... Figure 3 The effects of Trp metabolites on CRC.As one of the most potent bioactive metabolites, bacterial Trp metabolites can activate the ...

In the past few decades, considerable progress has been made in understanding the complex interaction of host and pathogen, and the pathophysiology underlying both meningococcal septicaemia and ...

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