INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS Flashcards
1
Q
colonization or invasion of heart valves by microbe
A
infective endocarditis
2
Q
this leads to formation of?
A
bulky, friable vegetations
3
Q
most cases are? if so, how
A
bacterial, acute or subacute
no 65% streptococci, subacute
yes 25% staph, acute
4
Q
classified by clinical grounds based on?
A
severity
virulence
bug and presence of underlying cardiac disease
5
Q
name the type:
normal valve necrotizing, ulcerative, invasive fever, malaise, weakness possible embolism virulent organisms (staph. aureus)
A
acute endocarditis
6
Q
name the type:
previously injured valve
non specific illness
less fatal than acute form
less virulent org (strep, staph epi)
A
subacute endocarditis
7
Q
pathogenesis?
A
seeding of blood with microbes
8
Q
clinical complications?
A
direct injury to valves and myocardium
systemic embolism
- janeway lesions
- osler nodes
- roth spots
renal injury
