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
2019
Actinomyces neuii: a case report of a rare cause of acute infective endocarditis and literature review
Yang WT, Grant M. Actinomyces neuii: a case report of a rare cause of acute infective endocarditis and literature review. BMC Infectious Diseases 2019, 19: 511. PMID: 31182045, PMCID: PMC6558687, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4149-2.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsInfective endocarditisActinomyces sppEnd-stage renal diseaseBilateral cerebral infarctsOral antibiotic therapyAcute infective endocarditisStage renal diseaseVulnerable patient populationBackgroundInfective endocarditisSeptic emboliValvular surgeryAcute presentationCerebral infarctsCase presentationAFacial droopAntibiotic therapyRenal diseaseRare causePatient populationCase reportClassic presentationConclusionsThis caseEndovascular infectionBlood culturesMonoclonal gammopathy