Infective Endocarditis

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