| Disease | Injury | Nutrition | Poison |
| Special Topic | Surgery | Symptoms | Test |
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| Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Prevention |
Culture-negative endocarditis |
| Alternative Names: |
| Endocarditis (culture-negative) |
| Treatment: |
| Endocarditis is treated with intravenous antibiotics or antifungal medications for a prolonged time. Some patients may require heart surgery.
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| Complications: |
Complications of endocarditis include congestive heart failure, perivalvular abscesses, intracardiac fistulae (i.e., abnormal connections within the heart), and emboli (blood clots which can travel through the circulation and cause strokes or other problems related to obstructed blood vessels). All these complications usually require surgery, either to remove vegetations or abscesses, to repair the valves or to replace them with prostheses. |
Reviewed By: Elena Sgarbossa, M.D., Department of Cardiology, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Ctr., Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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