Daniel C. DeSimone, M.D.

  1. Infectious Disease Specialist
  2. Internist
  1. Quintero-Martinez JA, Hindy JR, Michelena HI, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. Infective Endocarditis in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valves: Unique Clinical and Microbiologic Features. Heart Lung Circ. 2024 Oct; 33 (10):1484-1491 Epub 2024 Aug 16
    View PubMed
  2. Chesdachai S, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Palraj BR, Madhavan M, Tabaja H, McGinnis MT, Fida M, Challener DW, DeSimone DC. Outcome of Corynebacterial Bloodstream Infection in Patients With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: A Brief Report and Systematic Review. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Aug; 11 (8):ofae441 Epub 2024 July 29
    View PubMed
  3. Agarwal S, Qamar U, Munir MB, Asad ZUA, Deshmukh A, DeSimone DC, DeSimone CV. Trends and disparities in cardiac implantable electronic device infection-related mortality in the United States. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2024 Jul; 35 (7):1487-1489 Epub 2024 May 09
    View PubMed
  4. Tabaja H, Chesdachai S, Shah AS, Stevens RW, DeMartino RR, Erben YM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, DeSimone DC. Fostering Collaborative Teamwork-A Comprehensive Approach to Vascular Graft Infection Following Arterial Reconstructive Surgery. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 14; 78 (6):e69-e80
    View PubMed
  5. Tabaja H, Chesdachai S, Shah AS, Stevens RW, DeMartino RR, Erben YM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, DeSimone DC. Executive Summary: State-of-the-Art Review: Fostering Collaborative Teamwork-A Comprehensive Approach to Vascular Graft Infection Following Arterial Reconstructive Surgery. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 14; 78 (6):1391-1392
    View PubMed
  6. Chesdachai S, Esquer Garrigos Z, DeSimone CV, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. Infective Endocarditis Involving Implanted Cardiac Electronic Devices: JACC Focus Seminar 1/4. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Apr 9; 83 (14):1326-1337
    View PubMed
  7. Haddad SF, Lahr BD, El Sabbagh A, Wilson WR, Chesdachai S, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. Percutaneous mechanical aspiration in patients with right-sided infective endocarditis: An analysis of the national inpatient sample database-2016-2020. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 Feb; 103 (3):464-471 Epub 2024 Jan 29
    View PubMed
  8. Dilaveri C, Degnim A, Lee C, DeSimone D, Moldoveanu D, Ghosh K. Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis. Breast J. 2024; 2024:6693720 Epub 2024 Jan 25
    View PubMed
  9. Flurin L, Fisher CR, Wolf MJ, Pritt BS, DeSimone DC, Patel R. Comparison of Blood-Based Shotgun and Targeted Metagenomic Sequencing for Microbiological Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Dec; 10 (12):ofad546 Epub 2023 Oct 31
    View PubMed
  10. Kumar A, Shariff M, Lee J, Agarwal S, Asad Z, DeSimone DC, Deshmukh A, DeSimone CV. Ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia post-SARS-CoV-2-targeted mRNA/viral vector vaccination. Heart Rhythm O2. 2023 Dec; 4(12):826-828. Epub 2023 Nov 02.
    View PubMed
  11. Baddour LM, Janszky I, Thornhill MH, Esquer Garrigos Z, Desimone DC, Welty-Wolf K, Baker AL, Jone PN, Prendergast B, Dayer MJ. Nondental invasive procedures and risk of infective endocarditis: time for a revisit: a science advisory from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2023 Nov 7; 148 (19):1529-41
  12. Tabaja H, Baddour LM, Chesdachai S, DeMartino RR, Lahr BD, DeSimone DC. Incidence and Outcomes of Bloodstream Infection After Arterial Aneurysm Repair: Findings From a Population-Based Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Nov; 10 (11):ofad521 Epub 2023 Oct 21
    View PubMed
  13. Haddad SF, Lahr BD, Patarroyo SS, Chesdachai S, Kies KD, O'Horo JC, DeSimone DC, Sendi P, Baddour LM. Bloodstream Infection Due to Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci: Impact of Species on Prevalence of Infective Endocarditis. Antibiotics (Basel). 2023 Sep 18; 12 (9) Epub 2023 Sept 18
    View PubMed
  14. Tabaja H, Baddour LM, Chesdachai S, DeMartino RR, Lahr BD, DeSimone DC. Vascular Graft Infection After Aneurysm Repair: A Population-Based Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2023 Sep; 98 (9):1323-1334 Epub 2023 June 30
    View PubMed
  15. Chesdachai S, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. Risk of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection in Patients with Bloodstream Infection: Microbiologic Effect in the Era of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2023 Aug; 25 (8):781-793 Epub 2023 June 23
    View PubMed
  16. Wurcel AG, DeSimone DC, Marks L, Baddour LM, Sendi P. Which trial do we need? Long-acting glycopeptides versus oral antibiotics for infective endocarditis in patients with substance use disorder. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2023 Aug; 29 (8):952-954 Epub 2023 Apr 10
    View PubMed
  17. Chesdachai S, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Palraj BR, Madhavan M, Tabaja H, Fida M, Challener DW, DeSimone DC. Candidemia in Patients With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices: Uncertainty in Management Based on Current International Guidelines. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Jul; 10 (7):ofad318 Epub 2023 June 13
    View PubMed
  18. Benvenga RM, Tribouilloy C, Michelena HI, Silverio A, Arregle F, Martel H, Denev S, Bohbot Y, Hubert S, Renard S, Camoin L, Casalta AC, Casalta JP, Gouriet F, Riberi A, Lepidi H, Collart F, Raoult D, Drancourt M, Galasso G, DeSimone DC, Citro R, Habib G. Clinical and Echocardiographic Features of Patients With Infective Endocarditis and Bicuspid Aortic Valve According to Echocardiographic Definition of Valve Morphology. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 Jul; 36 (7):760-768 Epub 2023 Jan 20
    View PubMed
  19. Quintero-Martinez JA, Hindy JR, Zein SE, Vikram HR, Bosch W, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. Species designation of streptococci causing infective endocarditis in patients with mitral valve prolapse. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Jun; 131:71-74 Epub 2023 Mar 25
    View PubMed
  20. Hess KA, Kooda K, Shulha JA, Mara K, Go JR, Fida M, DeSimone DC, Stevens RW. Retrospective Evaluation of the Association of Oxacillin MIC on Acute Treatment Outcomes with Cefazolin and Antistaphylococcal Penicillins in Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. J Clin Microbiol. 2023 Apr 20; 61 (4):e0003923 Epub 2023 Mar 29
    View PubMed
  21. Baddour LM, DeSimone DC. Web Exclusive. Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Clinical Pearls-Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy for Infective Endocarditis in Persons Who Inject Drugs. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Mar; 176 (3):eM230241
    View PubMed
  22. Chesdachai S, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Palraj BR, Madhavan M, Tabaja H, Fida M, Lahr BD, DeSimone DC. Bacteremia due to non-Staphylococcus aureus gram-positive cocci and risk of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection. Heart Rhythm O2. 2023 Mar; 4 (3):207-214 Epub 2022 Dec 22
    View PubMed
  23. Gow-Lee VJ, Vaillant JJ, DeSimone DC. 25-Year-Old Man With Fever, Diarrhea, and Weight Loss. Mayo Clin Proc. 2023 Feb; 98 (2):342-347
    View PubMed
  24. Bernstein ZS, Vaillant JJ, Michelena HI, Pislaru SV, DeSimone DC. Recurrent Neisseria cinerea bacteremia secondary to cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection. IDCases. 2023; 32:e01745 Epub 2023 Mar 09
    View PubMed
  25. Schanz CC, Layden MP, DeSimone DC, Stevens RW, Clement J. Native mitral valve infective endocarditis due to Dolosigranulum pigrum. IDCases. 2023; 33:e01818 Epub 2023 June 12
    View PubMed
  26. Schanz CC, Layden MP, DeSimone DC, Stevens RW, Clement J. Native mitral valve infective endocarditis due to Dolosigranulum pigrum. IDCases. 2023; 33:e01818
  27. Hindy JR, Quintero-Martinez JA, Lahr BD, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and mortality: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota, from 2006 to 2020. Infect Dis (Lond). 2023 Jan; 55 (1):1-8 Epub 2022 Sept 24
    View PubMed
  28. Tabaja H, Yuen J, Tai DBG, Campioli CC, Chesdachai S, DeSimone DC, Hassan A, Klassen BT, Miller KJ, Lee KH, Mahmood M. Deep Brain Stimulator Device Infection: The Mayo Clinic Rochester Experience. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Jan; 10 (1):ofac631 Epub 2022 Dec 26
    View PubMed
  29. Haddad SF, DeSimone DC, Chesdachai S, Gerberi DJ, Baddour LM. Utility of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review. Antibiotics (Basel). 2022 Dec 11; 11(12).
    View PubMed
  30. Hindy JR, Quintero-Martinez JA, Lahr BD, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. A Population-Based Evaluation of Polymicrobial Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. Pathogens. 2022 Dec 8; 11 (12) Epub 2022 Dec 08
    View PubMed
  31. Chesdachai S, Graden AR, DeSimone DC, Weaver AL, Baddour LM, Joshi AY. Changing Trends of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in the Era of Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccination in Olmsted County: A Population-Based Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Dec; 97 (12):2304-2313 Epub 2022 Nov 05
    View PubMed
  32. Zhong Q, Busebee B, DeSimone DC. 57-Year-Old Man With Headache, Vomiting, and Gait Instability. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Nov; 97 (11):2151-2155 Epub 2022 Sept 27
    View PubMed
  33. Baddour LM , Weimer MB , Wurcel AG , McElhinney DB , Marks LR , Fanucchi LC , Esquer Garrigos Z , Pettersson GB , DeSimone DC . Management of infective endocarditis in people who inject drugs: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2022 Oct 4; 146 (14):E187-201
  34. Corsini Campioli C, O'Horo JC, Lahr BD, Wilson WR, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Van Gompel JJ, Sohail MR. Predictors of Treatment Failure in Patients With Pyogenic Brain Abscess. World Neurosurg X. 2022 Oct; 16:100134 Epub 2022 Aug 08
    View PubMed
  35. Flurin L, Wolf MJ, Fisher CR, Cano Cevallos EJ, Vaillant JJ, Pritt BS, DeSimone DC, Patel R. Pathogen Detection in Infective Endocarditis Using Targeted Metagenomics on Whole Blood and Plasma: a Prospective Pilot Study. J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Sep 21; 60 (9):e0062122 Epub 2022 Aug 30
    View PubMed
  36. Chesdachai S, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Palraj BR, Madhavan M, Tabaja H, Fida M, Lahr BD, DeSimone DC. Risk of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection in Patients Presenting With Gram-Negative Bacteremia. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Sep; 9 (9):ofac444 Epub 2022 Aug 25
    View PubMed
  37. Chesdachai S, Go JR, Hassett LC, Baddour LM, DeSimone DC. The utility of postoperative systemic antibiotic prophylaxis following cardiovascular implantable electronic device implantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2022 Aug; 45 (8):940-949 Epub 2022 July 18
    View PubMed
  38. Goel V, Kaizer A, Patwardhan AM, Ibrahim M, DeSimone DC, Sivanesan E, Shankar H. Postoperative Oral Antibiotic Use and Infection-Related Complications After Spinal Cord Stimulator Surgery. Neuromodulation. 2022 Jul; 25 (5):738-744 Epub 2021 Dec 18
    View PubMed
  39. Quintero-Martinez JA, Hindy JR, Mahmood M, Gerberi DJ, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. A clinical profile of infective endocarditis in patients with recent COVID-19: A systematic review. Am J Med Sci. 2022 Jul; 364(1):16-22. Epub 2022 Feb 27.
    View PubMed
  40. Hindy JR, Quintero-Martinez JA, Lahr BD, Palraj R, Go JR, Fida M, Abu Saleh OM, Arshad V, Talha KM, DeSimone DC, Sohail MR, Baddour LM. Incidence of Monomicrobial Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Population-Based Study in Olmsted County, Minnesota-2006 to 2020. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jul; 9 (7):ofac190 Epub 2022 Apr 13
    View PubMed
  41. Quintero-Martinez JA, Hindy JR, El Zein S, Michelena HI, Nkomo VT, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. Contemporary demographics, diagnostics and outcomes in non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis. Heart. 2022 May 9 Epub 2022 May 09
    View PubMed
  42. Hindy JR, Quintero-Martinez JA, Lee AT, Scott CG, Gerberi DJ, Mahmood M, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. Incidence Trends and Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Systematic Review of Population-Based Studies. Cureus. 2022 May; 14 (5):e25460 Epub 2022 May 29
    View PubMed
  43. Chesdachai S, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Palraj BR, Madhavan M, Tabaja H, Fida M, Lahr BD, DeSimone DC. Evaluation of European Heart Rhythm Association consensus in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Heart Rhythm. 2022 Apr; 19 (4):570-577 Epub 2021 Dec 16
    View PubMed
  44. Corsini Campioli C, Castillo Almeida NE, O'Horo JC, Wilson WR, Cano E, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Sohail MR. Diagnosis, management, and outcomes of brain abscess due to gram-negative versus gram-positive bacteria. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Feb; 115:189-194 Epub 2021 Dec 12
    View PubMed
  45. Talha KM, Dayer MJ, Thornhill MH, Tariq W, Arshad V, Tleyjeh IM, Bailey KR, Palraj R, Anavekar NS, Rizwan Sohail M, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. Temporal Trends of Infective Endocarditis in North America From 2000 to 2017-A Systematic Review. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Nov; 8 (11):ofab479 Epub 2021 Sept 25
    View PubMed
  46. McHugh JW, Talha KM, Baddour LM, Fischer KM, Crestanello J, Arghami A, DeSimone DC. Bloodstream Infection Following Cardiac Valve Repair: A Population-Based Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Nov; 8 (11):ofab493 Epub 2021 Nov 18
    View PubMed
  47. Talha KM, McHugh JW, DeSimone DC, Fischer KM, Eleid MF, St Sauver J, Sohail MR, Baddour LM. Bloodstream infections in patients with transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Nov; 101 (3):115456 Epub 2021 June 17
    View PubMed
  48. Grach SL, Yetmar ZA, Rowan DJ, DeSimone DC. Rhinorbitocerebral Mucormycosis in Uncontrolled Diabetes. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Oct; 96 (10):2651-2652
    View PubMed
  49. Talha KM, Baddour LM, Thornhill MH, Arshad V, Tariq W, Tleyjeh IM, Scott CG, Hyun MC, Bailey KR, Anavekar NS, Palraj R, Sohail MR, DeSimone DC, Dayer MJ. Escalating incidence of infective endocarditis in Europe in the 21st century. Open Heart. 2021 Oct; 8 (2)
    View PubMed
  50. Corsini Campioli C, Castillo Almeida NE, O'Horo JC, Esquer Garrigos Z, Wilson WR, Cano E, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Van Gompel JJ, Sohail MR. Bacterial Brain Abscess: An Outline for Diagnosis and Management. Am J Med. 2021 Oct; 134 (10):1210-1217.e2 Epub 2021 July 21
    View PubMed
  51. Tan NY, Tarabochia AD, DeSimone DC, DeSimone CV, Wilson JW, Bagameri G, Bennett CE, Abu Saleh OM. Updated Experience of Mycobacterium chimaera Infection: Diagnosis and Management in a Tertiary Care Center. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Aug; 8 (8):ofab348 Epub 2021 July 01
    View PubMed
  52. Attia ZI, Kapa S, Dugan J, Pereira N, Noseworthy PA, Jimenez FL, Cruz J, Carter RE, DeSimone DC, Signorino J, Halamka J, Chennaiah Gari NR, Madathala RS, Platonov PG, Gul F, Janssens SP, Narayan S, Upadhyay GA, Alenghat FJ, Lahiri MK, Dujardin K, Hermel M, Dominic P, Turk-Adawi K, Asaad N, Svensson A, Fernandez-Aviles F, Esakof DD, Bartunek J, Noheria A, Sridhar AR, Lanza GA, Cohoon K, Padmanabhan D, Pardo Gutierrez JA, Sinagra G, Merlo M, Zagari D, Rodriguez Escenaro BD, Pahlajani DB, Loncar G, Vukomanovic V, Jensen HK, Farkouh ME, Luescher TF, Su Ping CL, Peters NS, Friedman PA, Discover Consortium (Digital and Noninvasive Screening for COVID-19 with AI ECG Repository). Rapid Exclusion of COVID Infection With the Artificial Intelligence Electrocardiogram. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Aug; 96 (8):2081-2094
    View PubMed
  53. Arshad V, Baddour LM, Lahr BD, Khalil S, Tariq W, Talha KM, Cha YM, DeSimone DC, Sohail MR. Impact of delayed device re-implantation on outcomes of patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic device related infective endocarditis. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Aug; 44 (8):1303-1311 Epub 2021 July 24
    View PubMed
  54. Baddour LM, Shafiyi A, Lahr BD, Anavekar NS, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Sohail MR, DeSimone DC. A Contemporary Population-Based Profile of Infective Endocarditis Using the Expanded Rochester Epidemiology Project. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Jun; 96 (6):1438-1445 Epub 2021 Mar 05
    View PubMed
  55. Go JR, Corsini Campioli C, DeSimone D, Sohail MR. Staphylococcus simulans bloodstream infection following CIED extraction. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 May 27; 14 (5)
    View PubMed
  56. Wilson WR, Gewitz M, Lockhart PB, Bolger AF, DeSimone DC, Kazi DS, Couper DJ, Beaton A, Kilmartin C, Miro JM, Sable C, Jackson MA, Baddour LM, American Heart Association Young Hearts Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee of the Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; and the Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Prevention of Viridans Group Streptococcal Infective Endocarditis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2021 May 18; 143 (20):e963-e978 Epub 2021 Apr 15
    View PubMed
  57. Ward RC, McGill T, Adel F, Ponamgi S, Asirvatham SJ, Baddour LM, Holmes DR Jr, DeSimone DC, DeSimone CV. Infection Rate and Outcomes of Watchman Devices: Results from a Single-Center 14-Year Experience. Biomed Hub. 2021 May-Aug; 6 (2):59-62 Epub 2021 June 03
    View PubMed
  58. Ward R, McGill T, Adel FW, Ponamgi SP, Asirvatham SJ, Baddour LM, Holmes DR Jr., DeSimone DC, DeSimone C. Infectious and Outcomes of Watchman Device Infection Biomedicine Hub. 2021.
  59. Corsini Campioli C, Castillo Almeida NE, O'Horo JC, Challener D, Go JR, DeSimone DC, Sohail MR. Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Patients With Brain Abscess due to Nocardia Species. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Apr; 8 (4):ofab067 Epub 2021 Apr 07
    View PubMed
  60. DeSimone DC, Lahr BD, Anavekar NS, Sohail MR, Tleyjeh IM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Temporal Trends of Infective Endocarditis in Olmsted County, Minnesota, Between 1970 and 2018: A Population-Based Analysis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Mar; 8 (3):ofab038 Epub 2021 Jan 27
    View PubMed
  61. Goel V, Kumar V, Agrawal SN, Patwardhan AM, Ibrahim M, DeSimone DC, Sivanesan E, Banik RK, Shankar H. Outcomes Associated With Infection of Chronic Pain Spinal Implantable Electronic Devices: Insights From a Nationwide Inpatient Sample Study. Neuromodulation. 2021 Jan; 24 (1):126-134 Epub 2020 Sept 14
    View PubMed
  62. Cullen GD, Davidson TM, Yetmar ZA, Pritt BS, DeSimone DC. Orbital apex syndrome due to invasive aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient. IDCases. 2021; 25:e01232 Epub 2021 July 24
    View PubMed
  63. Esquer Garrigos Z, Jandhyala D, Vijayvargiya P, Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram P, Corsini Campioli CG, Stulak JM, Rizza SA, O'Horo JC, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Sohail MR. Management of Bloodstream Infections in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients: To Suppress, or Not to Suppress? Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jan; 8 (1):ofaa532 Epub 2020 Nov 16
    View PubMed
  64. Abudan AA, Vaidya VR, Tripathi B, Noseworthy PA, DeSimone DC, Egbe A, Arora S, Sridhar H, DeSimone CV, Mulpuru S, Deshmukh AJ. Burden of arrhythmia in hospitalized HIV patients. Clin Cardiol. 2021 Jan; 44 (1):66-77 Epub 2020 Dec 09
    View PubMed
  65. Talha KM, DeSimone DC, Sohail MR, Baddour LM. Pathogen influence on epidemiology, diagnostic evaluation and management of infective endocarditis. Heart. 2020 Dec; 106 (24):1878-1882 Epub 2020 Aug 26
    View PubMed
  66. Nuzzo A, Tan CO, Raskar R, DeSimone DC, Kapa S, Gupta R. Universal Shelter-in-Place Versus Advanced Automated Contact Tracing and Targeted Isolation: A Case for 21st-Century Technologies for SARS-CoV-2 and Future Pandemics. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Sep; 95 (9):1898-1905 Epub 2020 June 22
    View PubMed
  67. Temesgen ZM, DeSimone DC, Mahmood M, Libertin CR, Varatharaj Palraj BR, Berbari EF. Health Care After the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Influence of Telemedicine. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Sep; 95 (9S):S66-S68 Epub 2020 July 27
    View PubMed
  68. Milano VR, Kayhart BM, Morgan RJ, DeSimone DC, Mara KC, Leung JG. Second-Generation Antipsychotics and Pneumonia-Related Hospitalizations. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2020 Aug 6; 22 (4) Epub 2020 Aug 06
    View PubMed
  69. Yetmar ZA, Cano Cevallos E, Pritt B, DeSimone DC. Disseminated Blastomycosis Presenting as Obstructive Renal Mass Treated With Fluconazole. Am J Med. 2020 Jul; 133 (7):e378-e379 Epub 2020 Jan 08
    View PubMed
  70. Shafiyi A, Anavekar NS, Virk A, Sohail MR, Lahr BD, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Repeat transesophageal echocardiography in infective endocarditis: An analysis of contemporary utilization. Echocardiography. 2020 Jun; 37 (6):891-899 Epub 2020 May 16
    View PubMed
  71. Hubers SA, DeSimone DC, Gersh BJ, Anavekar NS. Infective Endocarditis: A Contemporary Review. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 May; 95 (5):982-997 Epub 2020 Apr 13
    View PubMed
  72. Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Cunningham SA, Vijayvargiya P, Fida M, Friedman PA, Mandrekar J, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Patel R. Molecular Approach to Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 14; 70 (5):898-906
    View PubMed
  73. Egbe AC, Kothapalli S, Miranda WR, Jadav R, Banala K, Vojjini R, Faizee F, Khalil F, Najam M, Angirekula M, Desimone DC, Connolly HM. Incidence and outcomes of prosthetic valve endocarditis in adults with tetralogy of Fallot. Cardiol Young. 2020 Jan; 30 (1):19-23 Epub 2020 Jan 08
    View PubMed
  74. Rodino KG, Miller NE, Pethan KD, DeSimone DC, Schuetz AN. The Brief Case: Rat Bite Fever from a Kiss. J Clin Microbiol 2019 Dec 23; 58 (1)
    View PubMed
  75. Chiriac A, DeSimone DC, Sohail MR, Newman JS, Pislaru SV. Infective Endocarditis, from Imaging to Management: A Case-based Review Northeast Florida Medicine. 2019 Nov;70(11). 2019; 70(11).
  76. Smit J, Dalager-Pedersen M, Adelborg K, Kaasch AJ, Thomsen RW, Froslev T, Nielsen H, Schonheyder HC, Sorensen HT, Desimone CV, Desimone DC, Sogaard M. Influence of Acetylsalicylic Acid Use on Risk and Outcome of Community-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Population-Based Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Sep; 6 (9):ofz356 Epub 2019 Sept 20
    View PubMed
  77. Esquer Garrigos Z, George MP, Vijayvargiya P, Tan EM, Farid S, Abu Saleh OM, Friedman PA, Steckelberg JM, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR. Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections Due to Gram-Negative Versus Gram-Positive Bacteria. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Jul; 94 (7):1268-1277 Epub 2019 Mar 17
    View PubMed
  78. DeSimone DC, Sohail MR, Mulpuru SK. Contemporary management of cardiac implantable electronic device infection. Heart. 2019 Jun; 105 (12):961-965 Epub 2019 Feb 12
    View PubMed
  79. Chakraborty T, Scharf E, DeSimone D, El Rafei A, Brinjikji W, Baddour LM, Wilson W, Steckelberg JM, Fugate JE, Wijdicks EFM, Rabinstein AA. Variable Significance of Brain MRI Findings in Infective Endocarditis and Its Effect on Surgical Decisions. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Jun; 94 (6):1024-1032 Epub 2019 Mar 25
    View PubMed
  80. Esquer Garrigos Z, George MP, Khalil S, Vijayvargiya P, Abu Saleh OM, Friedman PA, Steckelberg JM, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR. Predictors of Bloodstream Infection in Patients Presenting With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Pocket Infection. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Apr; 6 (4):ofz084 Epub 2019 Feb 21
    View PubMed
  81. DeSimone DC, Sohail MR. Infection Management. Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2018 Dec; 10 (4):601-607
    View PubMed
  82. El Rafei A, DeSimone DC, Narichania AD, Sohail MR, Vikram HR, Li Z, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Comparison of Dual beta-Lactam therapy to penicillin-aminoglycoside combination in treatment of Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis. J Infect. 2018 Nov; 77 (5):398-404 Epub 2018 June 30
    View PubMed
  83. DeSimone DC, Sohail MR. Approach to Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Implantable-Electronic-Device Infection. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Jul; 56 (7) Epub 2018 June 25
    View PubMed
  84. Sims JR, Anavekar NS, Chandrasekaran K, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Gersh BJ, Baddour LM, DeSimone DC. Utility of cardiac computed tomography scanning in the diagnosis and pre-operative evaluation of patients with infective endocarditis. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Jul; 34 (7):1155-1163 Epub 2018 Feb 15
    View PubMed
  85. Esquer Garrigos Z, George MP, Farid S, Abu Saleh OM, Vijayvargiya P, Mahmood M, Friedman PA, Steckelberg JM, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR. Diagnostic evaluation and management of culture-negative cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 May 31 [Epub ahead of print]
    View PubMed
  86. Sims JR, Anavekar NS, Bhatia S, O'Horo JC, Geske JB, Chandrasekaran K, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Gersh BJ, DeSimone DC. Clinical, Radiographic, and Microbiologic Features of Infective Endocarditis in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 2018 Feb 15; 121 (4):480-484 Epub 2017 Nov 23
    View PubMed
  87. Ebner D, Smith K, DeSimone D, Sohail MR. Cranial neuropathy and severe pain due to early disseminated Borrelia burgdorferi infection. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jan 23; 2018
    View PubMed
  88. O'Horo JC, Harper EP, El Rafei A, Ali R, DeSimone DC, Sakusic A, Abu Saleh OM, Marcelin JR, Tan EM, Rao AK, Sobel J, Tosh PK. Efficacy of Antitoxin Therapy in Treating Patients With Foodborne Botulism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cases, 1923-2016. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Dec 27; 66 (suppl_1):S43-S56
    View PubMed
  89. Chakraborty T, Scharf E, Rabinstein AA, DeSimone D, El Rafei A, Brinjikji W, Baddour LM, Wijdicks E, Wilson W, Steckelberg JM, Fugate JE. Utility of Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Surgical Management of Infective Endocarditis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017 Nov; 26 (11):2527-2535 Epub 2017 June 30
    View PubMed
  90. DeSimone DC, Chahal AA, DeSimone CV, Asirvatham SJ, Friedman PA, Baddour LM, Sohail MR. International survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of cardiologists regarding prevention and management of cardiac implantable electronic device infections. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2017 Nov; 40 (11):1260-1268 Epub 2017 Sept 20
    View PubMed
  91. Tan EM, Nagpal A, DeSimone DC, Anderson B, Linderbaum J, De Ziel T, Li Z, Sohail MR, Cha YM, Loomis E, Espinosa R, Friedman PA, Greason K, Schiller H, Virk A, Wilson WR, Steckelberg JM, Baddour LM. Impacts of a care process model and inpatient electrophysiology service on cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections: a preliminary evaluation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2017 Oct; 50 (1):117-124 Epub 2017 Aug 26
    View PubMed
  92. Tissot-Dupont H, Casalta JP, Gouriet F, Hubert S, Salaun E, Habib G, Fernandez-Gerlinger MP, Mainardi JL, Tattevin P, Revest M, Lucht F, Botelho-Nevers E, Gagneux-Brunon A, Snygg-Martin U, Chan KL, Bishara J, Vilacosta I, Olmos C, San Roman JA, Lopez J, Tornos P, Fernandez-Hidalgo N, Durante-Mangoni E, Utili R, Paul M, Baddour LM, DeSimone DC, Sohail MR, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Raoult D. International experts' practice in the antibiotic therapy of infective endocarditis is not following the guidelines. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2017 Oct; 23 (10):736-739 Epub 2017 Mar 18
    View PubMed
  93. DeSimone DC, Heaton PR, Neff BA, Dao LN, Wengenack NL, Fadel HJ. A rare case of chronic otitis externa due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2017 Aug; 8:13-15 Epub 2017 May 16
    View PubMed
  94. Tan EM, DeSimone DC, Sohail MR, Baddour LM, Wilson WR, Steckelberg JM, Virk A. Outcomes in Patients With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection Managed With Chronic Antibiotic Suppression. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 1; 64 (11):1516-1521
    View PubMed
  95. DeSimone DC, El Rafei A, Challener DW, Carr AB, Kelly JA, Rocca WA, St Sauver JL, Bock-Goodner CM, Lahr BD, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Effect of the American Heart Association 2007 Guidelines on the Practice of Dental Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Infective Endocarditis in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Mayo Clin Proc. 2017 May 10 [Epub ahead of print]
    View PubMed
  96. DeSimone DC, Tande AJ. Infection of an axillo-bifemoral bypass graft following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunotherapy for urothelial cancer due to Mycobacterium bovis and Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2016 Dec; 5:1-3 Epub 2016 Sept 16
    View PubMed
  97. DeSimone DC, Sohail MR. Management of bacteremia in patients living with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices. Heart Rhythm. 2016 Nov; 13 (11):2247-2252 Epub 2016 Aug 19
    View PubMed
  98. Miranda WR, Connolly HM, Bonnichsen CR, DeSimone DC, Dearani JA, Maleszewski JJ, Greason KL, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Prosthetic pulmonary valve and pulmonary conduit endocarditis: clinical, microbiological and echocardiographic features in adults. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Aug; 17 (8):936-43 Epub 2016 May 08
    View PubMed
  99. El Rafei A, Desimone DC, Sohail MR, Desimone CV, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections due to Propionibacterium Species. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2016 Jun; 39 (6):522-30 Epub 2016 Apr 22
    View PubMed
  100. Katan O, Michelena HI, Avierinos JF, Mahoney DW, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Suri RM, Enriquez-Sarano M. Incidence and Predictors of Infective Endocarditis in Mitral Valve Prolapse: A Population-Based Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 Mar; 91 (3):336-42 Epub 2016 Feb 05
    View PubMed
  101. El Rafei A, DeSimone DC, DeSimone CV, Lahr BD, Steckelberg JM, Sohail MR, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Beta-haemolytic streptococcal endocarditis: clinical presentation, management and outcomes. Infect Dis (Lond). 2016; 48: (5)373-8.
    View PubMed
  102. Miranda WR, Connolly HM, DeSimone DC, Phillips SD, Wilson WR, Sohail MR, Steckelberg JM, Baddour LM. Infective Endocarditis Involving the Pulmonary Valve. Am J Cardiol. 2015 Dec 15; 116: (12)1928-31.
    View PubMed
  103. DeSimone DC, Tleyjeh IM, Correa de Sa DD, Anavekar NS, Lahr BD, Sohail MR, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Temporal trends in infective endocarditis epidemiology from 2007 to 2013 in Olmsted County, MN. Am Heart J. 2015 Oct; 170 (4):830-6 Epub 2015 July 17
    View PubMed
  104. DeSimone DC, DeSimone CV, Tleyjeh IM, Correa de Sa DD, Anavekar NS, Lahr BD, Sohail MR, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Association of Mitral Valve Prolapse With Infective Endocarditis Due to Viridans Group Streptococci. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Aug 15; 61 (4):623-5 Epub 2015 May 11
    View PubMed
  105. DeSimone DC, Tleyjeh IM, Correa de Sa DD, Anavekar NS, Lahr BD, Sohail MR, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Mayo Cardiovascular Infections Study Group. Incidence of Infective Endocarditis Due to Viridans Group Streptococci Before and After the 2007 American Heart Association's Prevention Guidelines: An Extended Evaluation of the Olmsted County, Minnesota, Population and Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Jul; 90 (7):874-81
    View PubMed
  106. Desimone CV, Nkomo VT, Desimone DC, Keenan LR, Enriquez-Sarano M, Asirvatham SJ. An approach to the stepwise management of severe mitral regurgitation with optimal cardiac pacemaker function. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J. 2014 Mar; 14 (2):75-8 Epub 2014 Mar 12
    View PubMed
  107. DeSimone CV, Friedman PA, Noheria A, Patel NA, DeSimone DC, Bdeir S, Aakre CA, Vaidya VR, Slusser JP, Hodge DO, Ackerman MJ, Rabinstein AA, Asirvatham SJ. Stroke or transient ischemic attack in patients with transvenous pacemaker or defibrillator and echocardiographically detected patent foramen ovale. Circulation. 2013 Sep 24; 128 (13):1433-41 Epub 2013 Aug 14
    View PubMed
  108. DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Lahr BD, Chung HH, Wilson WR, Steckelberg JM, Mayo Cardiovascular Infections Study Group. Euthermic endocarditis. PLoS One. 2013; 8 (11):e80144 Epub 2013 Nov 11
    View PubMed
  109. DeSimone CV, DeSimone DC, Patel NA, Friedman PA, Asirvatham SJ. Implantable cardiac devices with patent foramen ovale--a risk factor for cardioembolic stroke? J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2012 Nov; 35 (2):159-62 Epub 2012 Aug 07
    View PubMed
  110. Desimone DC, Tleyjeh IM, Correa de Sa DD, Anavekar NS, Lahr BD, Sohail MR, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Mayo Cardiovascular Infections Study Group. Incidence of infective endocarditis caused by viridans group streptococci before and after publication of the 2007 American Heart Association's endocarditis prevention guidelines. Circulation. 2012 Jul 3; 126 (1):60-4 Epub 2012 June 11
    View PubMed