Q&A for the day!
Most common cause of bacterial endocarditis:
After tooth extraction -
Injection drug use -
Health care / catheter associated -
Originates from GI tract -
After genitourinary manipulation -
Answers:
After tooth extraction - Streptococcus viridans
Injection drug use - Staphylococcus aureus (Less common - Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida species)
Health care / catheter associated - S. aureus (Also Coagulase negative staphylococci CoNS)
Originates from GI tract - S. gallolyticus (Formerly known as Streptococcus bovis)
After genitourinary manipulation - Enterococci
That's all!
-IkaN
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