bacterial endocarditis
Definition
- Infection of endothelium of heart (including but not limited to the valves) including both prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) and native valve endocarditis (NVE)
- Risk Factors-bacterial endocarditis
- Fungal: ↑ risk w/ DM, indwelling lines, immunosupp.
- culture negative-bacterial endocarditis
- Clinical manifestation-bacterial endocarditis (Lancet 2016;387:882)
- Physical exam-bacterial endocarditis
- Diagnosis-bacterial endocarditis
- Modified Duke Criteria
- Treatment-bacterial endocarditis (ID consult is → strongly recommended)
- Indications for surgery-bacterial endocarditis
- Endocarditis Prophylaxis
- diagnosis of culture-negative endocarditis