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INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS (Infected vegetations of thrombus (Clinical…

- - - - Neutropaenias ( low neutrophils in blood)
      - Malignancy
      - Immunodefiency
      - Diabetes Mellitus
    - - Mitral valve prolapsed
      - Degenerative calcific stenosis
      - Congenital cardiac abnormalities
      - Bicuspid aortic valves
      - Chronic RHD
      - Indwelling catheters
      - Prosthetic valves
- - - - Retinal Haemorrhages
      - Hypothenar Swellings( Osler's Nodes)
      - Splinter Haemorrhages
- - - - Susceptible bcoz they produce turbulent blood flow which lead to sterile thrombi vegetations where organisms colonize
        
        Further thrombosis, can end up covering the vegetations where these organisms have colonized and protect them from antibiotics.
- - - - 1 Major & 3 Minor
      - 5 Minor