Musa TH, Ahmad T, Wana MN, Li W, Musa HH, Sharun K, Tiwari R, Dhama K, Chaicumpa W, Campbell MC, Wei P
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2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis: The Task Force for the Management of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by: European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM).

Habib G, Lancellotti P, Antunes MJ, Bongiorni MG, Casalta JP, Del Zotti F, Dulgheru R, El Khoury G, Erba PA, Iung B, Miro JM, Mulder BJ, Plonska-Gosciniak E, Price S, Roos-Hesselink J, Snygg-Martin U, Thuny F, Tornos Mas P, Vilacosta I, Zamorano JL; ESC Scientific Document Group
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Management of fulminant myocarditis: a diagnosis in search of its etiology but with therapeutic options.

Maisch B, Ruppert V, Pankuweit S
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Etiology

An Autopsy Case of Fulminant, Suppurative Bacterial Myocarditis Caused by Group B Streptococcus.

Nakashima R, Kotoku M, Gamachi A, Inagaki N, Kasaoka S
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Epidemiologic and clinical profiles of bacterial myocarditis. Report of two cases and data from a pooled analysis.

Ferrero P, Piazza I, Lorini LF, Senni M
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Cardiac abnormalities in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A prospective study with a clinical-pathological correlation in twenty-one adult patients.

Herdy GV, Herdy AH, Almeida PS, de Carvalho R, Azevedo FB, Azevedo K, Vasconcelos MC, Paiva R, Tchou HY, Nascimento P, Cosendey R, Ferrari A, Lopes VS
Arq Bras Cardiol 1999 Sep;73(3):281-90. PMID: 10752167

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Diagnosis

Epidemiologic and clinical profiles of bacterial myocarditis. Report of two cases and data from a pooled analysis.

Ferrero P, Piazza I, Lorini LF, Senni M
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MRSA-associated bacterial myocarditis causing ruptured ventricle and tamponade.

LeLeiko RM, Bower DJ, Larsen CP
Cardiology 2008;111(3):188-90. Epub 2008 Apr 25 doi: 10.1159/000121602. PMID: 18434723

Active bacterial myocarditis: a case report and review of the literature.

Haddad F, Berry G, Doyle RL, Martineau P, Leung TK, Racine N
J Heart Lung Transplant 2007 Jul;26(7):745-9. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.04.010. PMID: 17613408

Cardiovascular imaging in clinical and experimental acute infectious myocarditis.

Shirani J, Ilercil A, Chandra M, Jelicks LA, Tanowitz HB
Front Biosci 2003 May 1;8:e323-36. doi: 10.2741/1050. PMID: 12700067

Primary bacterial infection of the myocardium.

Wasi F, Shuter J
Front Biosci 2003 May 1;8:s228-31. doi: 10.2741/1021. PMID: 12700039

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Therapy

Active bacterial myocarditis: a case report and review of the literature.

Haddad F, Berry G, Doyle RL, Martineau P, Leung TK, Racine N
J Heart Lung Transplant 2007 Jul;26(7):745-9. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.04.010. PMID: 17613408

Rapidly fatal acute bacterial myocarditis in a nonneutropenic child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission.

Scothorn DJ, Winick NJ, Timmons CF, Aquino VM
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2002 Nov;24(8):662-5. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200211000-00012. PMID: 12439040

Plaque and systemic disease: a reappraisal of the focal infection concept.

Thoden van Velzen SK, Abraham-Inpijn L, Moorer WR
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Prognosis

Epidemiologic and clinical profiles of bacterial myocarditis. Report of two cases and data from a pooled analysis.

Ferrero P, Piazza I, Lorini LF, Senni M
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Various Cardiac Abnormalities Caused by Bacterial Myocarditis.

Komuro J, Ueda K, Kaneko M, Nitta S, Kasao M, Yokoyama M
Int Heart J 2018;59(1):229-232. doi: 10.1536/ihj.16-651. PMID: 29375113

MRSA-associated bacterial myocarditis causing ruptured ventricle and tamponade.

LeLeiko RM, Bower DJ, Larsen CP
Cardiology 2008;111(3):188-90. Epub 2008 Apr 25 doi: 10.1159/000121602. PMID: 18434723

Rapidly fatal acute bacterial myocarditis in a nonneutropenic child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission.

Scothorn DJ, Winick NJ, Timmons CF, Aquino VM
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2002 Nov;24(8):662-5. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200211000-00012. PMID: 12439040

Cardiac abnormalities in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A prospective study with a clinical-pathological correlation in twenty-one adult patients.

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