Cardiovascular Infections 1

Question 1

What is endocarditis?

Answer 1

Question 2

How are biofilms formed in the heart?

Answer 2

Question 3

What features are to be considered with infective endocarditis?

Answer 3

Question 4

What is the peak incidence of infective endocarditis?

Answer 4

Question 5

What are the risk factors associated with IE?

Answer 5

Question 6

How can we diagnose Infective endocarditis?

Answer 6

Question 7

What are the clinical features of infective endocarditis?

Answer 7

Question 8

Describe blood culture for infective endocarditis

Answer 8

Question 9

Describe the echocardiogram as an imaging tool

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Question 10

Describe the current gold standard diagnostic strategy

Answer 10

Question 11

What are the microbial causes of IE?

Answer 11

Question 12

How can staphylococcus lead to endocarditis?

Answer 12

Question 13

What are the features of the staphylococcus species?

Answer 13

Question 14

What are the virulence factors of S. aureus?

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Question 15

Describe the pathogenicity of S. aureus

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Question 16

What are hemolysins?

Answer 16

Question 17

What’s the importance of biofilm formation?

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Question 18

Describe the features of staphylococcus epidermis

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Question 19

What biochemical tests to differentiate S. epidermis from S. aureus?

Answer 19

Question 20

What are the features Viridans Streptococci?

Answer 20

Question 21

What species are involved in Viridans Streptococci?

Answer 21

Question 22

Differentiate staph & strep

Answer 22