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Prototypic lesions

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Vegetation’s [ mass of platelets, fibrin, microcolonies of microorganisms, scant inflammatory cells)

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Location

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Heart vlves, either naive or prosthetics

Olther: low pressure side of ventricular septum at site of defect, mural endocardium damage aberrant jets of blood, or foreign bodies, intracranial devices

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Analogous process involving AV shunts, atrioarterial shunts (PDA]
Coarctation of the aorta

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Infective endarteriris

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Hectic febrile illness, rapid damage to cardiac structures, hematogenous seeding of extracardiac sites, progress to death within weeks if untreated)

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Acute endocarditis

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Indolent course, slow structural cardiac damage only if any, rarely causes metastatic infection, gradually progressive unless complicated by major emboli event

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Subacute endocarditis

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Predisposition

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RHD, developing countries, CHD, illicit drug use, degenerative valve disease, intracardiac devices

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Community acquired native valve endocarditis (NVE) portal of entry

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Oral cavity: viridans streptococci
Skin:staphylococci
Upper respiratory tract: HAcEK (haemophilia, actinobacillus, cardiobacterium, eikenella, kingella)

GIT: streptococcus gallolyticus (s. Bovis) associated with polyps and colonic Tumors)

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Health care associated NVE

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Common: staphylococcus aureus CoNS (coagulase negative staphylococcus l enterococci
NosocomiaL: 55%
Community onset: 45% past 90 days

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Prosthetic valves endocarditis [PVE)

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If within 2 months: intraoperative contamination of prosthesis or Bacteremia postoperative complications

Organisms: s. Aureus, facultative gram neg, diptheriods, fungi

If more than 2months- 12 months: cons
If more than 12months: Like community acquired NVE

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68-85% of ConS strains in PVE are methecillin resistant regardless of time onset after surgery

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Methecillin resistant

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CIED: cardiovascular implantable electronic devices-associated endocarditis

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Associated with aortic or mitral valve infection
Rule of 3rds
1/3 with in 3 months
1/3 at 4-12 months
1/3 beyond 1 year
Most commonly MRSA cons
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Endocarditis among injection drug users

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Right sided: usual S. aureus (many are MRSA) especially tricuspid valve

Left sided; pseudomonas, Candida species, sporadic cases ( bacillus, lactobacillus, corynaebacterium

Polymicrobial endocarditis: common among injection myocarditis

13
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Causes indolent culture negative afebrile form of endocarditis

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