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1
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What is infective endo carditis?

A

Presence of vegetations on the valves due to microbial colonisations, these vegetations are friable and can cause emboli.

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List the tendancy of vegetations in endocarditis from highest to lowest?

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Infective endocarditis
NOn bacterial thrombotic endocarditis
Rheumatic heart fever
Libmann sachs endocarditis

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Which condition has the highest tendency for vegetations?

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Infective endocarditis

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Which condition has the lowest tendency to develop vegetations?

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Libmann sachs endocarditis (SLE)

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5
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Small vegetations are seen in which condition?

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Rheumatic fever and NBTE

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Small to medium vegetations are seen in which condition?

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Libmann sachs endocarditis

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Large vegetations are seen in which condition?

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Infective endocarditis

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In which condition vegetations can be seen near angle of closure of valves?

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Rheumatic fever and NBTE

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What is the location of vegetations in libmann sachs endocarditis?

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Both upper and lower sides of valves

But mostly lower

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What is location of vegetations in infective endocarditis?

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Both upper and lower sides of the valves

But mostly upper

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Verocous and warty texture is seen which conditions?

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Rheumatic fever 
Libmann sachs (DORLANDs Vegetations)
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12
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Irregular texture is seen in which condition?

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Infective endocarditis

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13
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In which all conditions do you see NBTE

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Cancer
Pro-myelolytic leukaemia
High estrogenic states

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14
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Firm vegetations are seen in which condition?

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Rheumatic heart fever

Libmann sachs endocarditis

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15
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Destruction of valves occurs in which conditions?

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Libmann sachs endocarditis

Infective endocarditis

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16
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Most friable vegetations are seen in which condition?

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Infective endocarditis

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17
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Which all conditions have sterile vegetations?

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Rheumatic heart fever
NBTE
Libmann sachs

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18
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Emboli due to vegetations occurs in which conditions?

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NBTE

Infective endocarditis

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Most common valves affected in libmann sachs endocarditis are?

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Tricuspid and mitral valves

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Most common affected valves in NBTE?

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Mitral valve

Aortic and tricuspid are less often

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21
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Most common affected valves in rheumatic heart fever?

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Mitral and aortic valves

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22
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Most common organism to cause infective endocarditis?

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Staph aureus

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23
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Least common organism to cause infective endocarditis?

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Salmonella typhi

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24
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List all organisms that cause infective endocarditis?

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Staph aureus 
Strep. Viridans
Strep. Epidermidis
Pseudomonas
Enterococci
Salmonella typhi
HACEK GROUP
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25
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Name organism in HACEK GROUP

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Hemophillus
Agragatibacter
Cardiobacterium
Ekinella
Kingella
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26
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Name a condition that is caused by staph aureus, is highly virulent and occurs in native valve?

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Acute infective endocarditis

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27
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Name a condition that occurs due to streptococci, low virulent and occurs mostly in previously affected valves?

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Subacute infective endocarditis

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28
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Give etiology of infective endocarditis of IV drug abusers?

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Candida and staph aureus

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29
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A patient is diagnosed with infective endocarditis and history tells you that he got prosthetic valves 8 months prior to consult. What is the organism.

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Strep. Epidermidis(<12 months of prosthetic valve replacement)

30
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A patient is diagnosed with infective endocarditis and history tells you that he got prosthetic valves 2 years prior to consult. What is the organism.

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Strep Viridans(>12 months of prosthetic valve replacement)

31
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Absence of murmurs occurs in which type of infective endocarditis?

A

Infective endocarditis of IV drug abuse

32
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Most common etiology of Hospital acquired I.E?

A

Staph aureus

33
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Most common etiology of community acquired I.E?

A

Streptococci

34
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Most common etiology in I.E with abcess formation

A

Staph. Aureus

35
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Most common etiology of prosthetic valve endocarditis?

A

Strep. Epidermidis

36
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Which organism causes Austrian syndrome

A

Strep pneumoniae

37
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What is triad of Austrian syndrome?

A

Oslers triad

  • meningitis
  • I.E
  • pneumonia
38
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Name all the high risk lesions for I.E

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MR
AS
AR
Coarctation of aorta 
Tetralogy of fallot
PDA
VSD
39
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Name the low risk lesion for I.E

A

ASD

Mitral valve prolapse without MR

40
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Name the moderate risk lesion for I.E?

A

PS
MS
TS
Mitral valve prolapse with MR

41
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List the symptoms of I.E?

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  1. chills, malaise, anorexia, weight loss, back pain,
  2. High grade fever , splenomegaly, digital infarction, emobism
  3. Janeway lesions(painless)
  4. Roth spots
  5. Oslers nodes(painful)
  6. Murmurs
42
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What are the lab test results for I.E?

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Anemia 
Leukocytosis
Rheumatoid factors +
2/3 cultures positive (all done 1 hour apart)
ESR &amp; CRP elevated
43
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Which diagnostic criteria is used for I.E?

A

Dukes criteria

44
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List major criterias of Duke’s criteria?

A

2/3 cultures positive

Involvement of valvular lesions

45
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List minor criteria of Duke’s

A

Fever

Predisposing cardiac lesions

Positive blood culture (but not meeting major criteria)

VASCULAR phenomenon (janeway lesion, pulmonary infarct,mycotic aneurysm, intracranial haemorrhage)

IMMUNOLOGICAL henomenon( oslers nodes,roth spots,glomerulonephritis)

46
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Confirmed diagnosis of I.E if

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2 major
1 major + 3 minor
5 minor

47
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What are valvular complications of I.E

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Valvular insufficiency
Valvular stenosis
Valvular perforations

48
Q

What are the mural complications of IE

A

Abcess formation

Pericarditis(due to abcess spread)

49
Q

What is complications associated with aorta in IE?

A

Perforations of aorta

50
Q

In case of IE in patient with prosthetic valves. Which procedure is necessary?

A

Tracheoesophageal cardiography

51
Q

Pencillin susceptible streptococci treatment?

A
  1. Penicillin G/ ceftriaxone / vancomycin-for 4 weeks

2. Gentamicin for 2 weeks

52
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Relatively Penicillin resistant streptococci treatment?

A
  1. Penicillin G/ ceftriaxone for 4 weeks.
  2. Gentamicin for 2 weeks.
  3. vancomycin for 4 weeks.
53
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Organism Moderate resistant to penicillin treatment ?

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  1. Penicillin G/ceftriaxone for 6 weeks
  2. Gentamicin for 6 weeks
  3. Vancomycin for 4 weeks
54
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Treatment for enterococci

A

Penicillin/ampicillin/vancomycin
Gentamicin
(BOTH FOR 4 TO 6 WEEKS)

55
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Treatment for MSSA(methicillin susceptible staph aureus)

A
  1. Nafcillin/oxacillin/flucoxacillin

2. Cefazolin/vancomycin

56
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Treatment for MRSA infecting native valves

A

Vancomycin

57
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Treatment for MRSA infecting prosthetic valves

A

Vancomycin
Gentamicin
Rifampicin

58
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Treatment for MSSA infecting Prosthetic valves?

A

Nifacilin/oxacillin/flucoxacillin(6-8 weeks)

Gentamycin(2 weeks)

59
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HACEK group treatment?

A

Ceftriaxone 2g/day IV
Or give ampicillin or sublactam

All for 4 weeks

60
Q

Doxycycline can be given for which organism

A

Coxella burmetti and bartonella species.

61
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For batonella species what treatment is given

A

Doxycycline/ampicillin/ceftriaxone

Gentamicin

62
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For coxiella burmetti what is the treatment?

A

Doxycycline

63
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Indication for surgical treatment in IE?

A 
Aortic valve endocarditis 
Prosthetic valve endocarditis 
Fungal endocarditis 
Presence of valve ring abscess
Failiure of medical treatment 
Very large vegetations that can cause emboli
64
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What is the etiology of fungal endocarditis

A

Candida and aspergillosis

65
Q

Medical and surgical treatment for fungal endocarditis?

A

Medical- Amphotericin B & Flucytosine

Surgical - Radical surgical debridement

66
Q

Most commonly affect population with fungal endocarditis

A

People with prosthetic valves or immune compromised

67
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A Patient with prosthetic valve and infective endocarditis is undergoing another surgery. What prophylaxis drug will you suggest.

A

Amoxicillin
Clindamycin/cefalexin/clarithromycin (if allergic to amoxicillin)
Gentamycin(if gram -ve organism)

68
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Cardiac high ridk lesions where amoxicillin prophylaxis is requir

A 
Prosthetic valves endocarditis 
Prior bacterial endocarditis 
Cyanotic congenital heart disease 
PDA
Coarctation of aorta
69
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Cardiac moderate risk lesions where amoxicillin prophylaxis is required?

A 
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 
MR
AR
Bicuspid aortic valve
VSD
Mitral valve prolapse
70
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Low risk cardiac lesions where amoxicillin prophylaxis is required

A

Presence of cardiac pacemaker, fibrillators
CABG
ASD
Physiological and functional murmurs

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