Micro of Endocarditis

What are the 4 basic ingredients of a septic endocarditis vegetation?

Bacterial components + fibrin, platelets, neutrophils
What are the 5 leading agents of native valve endocarditis?
- Staph aureus
- Viridans streptococci
- Enterococcus
- CoNS (S. epidermidis)
- Streptococcus gallolyticus
What are the 2 leading agents of early prosthetic valve endocarditis?
- Staph aureus
- CoNS (S. epidermidis)
What are the 2 leading agents of late prosthetic valve endocarditis?
- Viridans streptococci
- Staph aureus
What is the usual pathogenesis of endocarditis?

Predisposing cardiac lesion
What are the most commonly affected valves in endocarditis?

Mitral > aortic > tricuspid > pulmonary
What are the symptoms of endocarditis?
JR = NO FAME
- Janeway lesions
- Roth’s spots
- Nail bed hemorrhage
- Olser’s nodes
- Fever
- Anemia
- Murmur
- Emboli
You use the _______________ to interpret the diagnostic results for endocarditis

Duke criteria
What are 3 explanations for negative culture results in endocarditis?
- Previous administration of antibiotics
- Obligate intracellular bacteria
- Inadequate technique
What is the leading agent causing endocarditis in IV drug users?

Staph aureus

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Micro of Endocarditis

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2019-01-19T10:32:00Z

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