2020
More than Garden Variety: Massive Vegetations from Infective Endocarditis
Radcliffe C, Oen-Hsiao J, Grant M. More than Garden Variety: Massive Vegetations from Infective Endocarditis. Pathogens 2020, 9: 998. PMID: 33260314, PMCID: PMC7760194, DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9120998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfective endocarditisMassive vegetationsHospital day twoIntravenous vancomycin therapyAcute heart failureIntravenous drug abuseNative tricuspid valveAdverse eventsVancomycin therapyHeart failureSurgical interventionTricuspid valveTricuspid valvectomyValvular surfacesValvular regurgitationDay twoEndocarditisDrug abuseDramatic presentationComplicated casesSystematic literature reviewSource controlLiterature reviewValvectomyBacteremia
2017
Mycobacterium goodii endocarditis following mitral valve ring annuloplasty
Parikh RB, Grant M. Mycobacterium goodii endocarditis following mitral valve ring annuloplasty. Annals Of Clinical Microbiology And Antimicrobials 2017, 16: 14. PMID: 28327156, PMCID: PMC5361780, DOI: 10.1186/s12941-017-0190-4.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesMeSH KeywordsAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsCluster AnalysisDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalEchocardiography, TransesophagealEndocarditis, BacterialHeartHumansMaleMitral Valve AnnuloplastyMycobacteriumMycobacterium Infections, NontuberculousPhylogenyRadiography, ThoracicReplantationRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNATomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeConceptsMitral valve ring annuloplastyInfrequent human pathogenMitral valve replacementCombination of ciprofloxacinTrimethoprim/sulfamethoxazoleDrug susceptibility testingValve replacementCase presentationWeProsthetic infectionSuccessful treatmentDifferential diagnosisRing annuloplastyMicrobiologic laboratorySusceptibility testingEndocarditisPositive rodsInfectionDiagnosisHuman pathogensGene sequencingRDNA gene sequencingAnnuloplastyPatientsMolecular techniquesInjury