Infective Endocarditis

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Across
  1. 3. Nonpainful hemorrhagic lesions on the palms and soles
  2. 6. Trauma, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, and prosthetic valves causes this type of damage.
  3. 7. Type of drug use that causes infective endocarditis
  4. 8. Painful erythematous nodules on the pads of the fingers and toes.
  5. 9. Immune response to infection in the body
  6. 10. A Cardiac ______ is an extra sound caused by turbulent blood flow through the heart valves or near the heart
  7. 11. Spreads systematically that causes physical signs and symptoms
  8. 13. Adheres to the damaged endocardium using adhesins
Down
  1. 1. Embedded in protective fibrin clots and biofilms and difficult to get rid off with antibiotics.
  2. 2. The part of the heart that bacteria is prone in infecting.
  3. 4. ______ therapy is generally given for several weeks to treat infective endocarditis.
  4. 5. Infection and inflammation of the endocardium
  5. 12. Classical sign for infective endocarditis
  6. 14. Severe complications that include stroke, abscess, and meningitis.