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 ...

2010;8(8):879-885. These examples highlight the importance of host immune defenses in protecting against Gram-negative endocarditis. With a changing demographic profile, notably a growing elderly ...

Roth IRA contributions can be withdrawn anytime without taxes or penalties. Converted Roth IRA funds are tax- and penalty-free after five years from Jan. 1 of the year of the conversion. Roth IRA ...

Fordyce spots are not caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) or any other sexually transmitted infection (STI). There is no reason to treat them, but if they are causing you discomfort, you can talk ...

Bacterial genomics is a scientific discipline that concerns the genome, encompassing the entire hereditary information, of bacteria. Bacterial genomics can, for example, be used to study bacterial ...

Bacteria form one of the three domains of life; the others are archaea and eukaryotes. Bacterial species and their habitats exhibit great diversity.