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    Subacute bacterial endocarditis, abbreviated SBE, is a type of endocarditis (more specifically, infective endocarditis). Subacute bacterial endocarditis...
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    infective endocarditis, particularly with congenital heart disease. Infective endocarditis is divided into the three categories of acute, subacute, and chronic...
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    endocarditis is based on clinical features, investigations such as an echocardiogram, and blood cultures demonstrating the presence of endocarditis-causing...
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  • Libman–Sacks endocarditis is a form of non-bacterial endocarditis that is seen in association with systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome...
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    commonly indicative of subacute bacterial endocarditis. 10–25% of endocarditis patients will have Osler's nodes. Other signs of endocarditis include Roth's spots...
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  • Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is a form of endocarditis in which small sterile vegetations are deposited on the valve leaflets. Formerly...
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  • bacteria that are an unusual cause of infective endocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart due to bacterial infection. HACEK is an abbreviation of the...
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    hypodense than brain tissue. Subdural hematomas are classified as acute, subacute, or chronic, depending on the speed of their onset. Acute bleeds often...
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    Splenomegaly may also come from bacterial infections, such as syphilis or an infection of the heart's inner lining (endocarditis). Splenomegaly also occurs...
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    Endocarditis infective endocarditis Subacute bacterial endocarditis non-infective endocarditis Libman–Sacks endocarditis Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis...
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