Dental Management of Medically Compromised Patients - 1| Questions and Answers with complete solution

infective endocarditis - Microbial infection of the *endothelial surface* of the *heart* or heart *valves* that most often occurs in proximity to congenital or acquired cardiac defects Strep(toccus), candidiasis - Microorganism causative agents of endocarditis (*2*) Nosocomial - Hospital acquired infection viridians strep(tococci) (alpha-hemolytic) (sanguis, oralis, salivarius, mutans) - Most common cause of community-acquired *Native Valve Endocarditis* (NVE) (30-65% of all IE cases) Causitive microoganism, Type of valve, Source of infection (community, nosocomial) - Infective endocarditis is classified based on which *3* characteristics? - Fever - Heart murmur - Positive blood culture - Petechiae - Osler nodes - Splinter hemorrhages - Roth spot (in retina) - Nail clubbing - Clinical findings of IE (*8*) petechia - Clinical finding:Osler('s) node - Clinical finding: splinter hemorrhage (blod clots under nails) - Clinical finding: Roth spot (red spot in retina) - Clinical finding: