Infective Endocarditis

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  1. 3. What diagnostic tool besides cardiac imaging is most important in diagnosing endocarditis?
  2. 4. What would you give a patient that is presumed to have endocarditis and has severe vancomycin allergies?
  3. 6. What is the most common empiric therapy indicated for endocarditis?
  4. 8. Which type of echocardiogram is considered invasive?
  5. 9. _____ heart valves is one of the major risk factors of developing endocarditis
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  1. 1. Empirically during treatment you would monitor a patient's levels of vancomycin and ______?
  2. 2. A patient is presumed to have endocarditis. The blood cultures came back positive for HACEK what medication should you give this patient besides cipro?
  3. 5. You can lower your risk of developing endocarditis by practicing good oral ____?
  4. 7. Endothelial surface of which organ is damaged by exposure to bacteremia?