ITE Review: Cardiovascular

-Duke Criteria-Major: positive blood culture, evidence of endocardial involvement-Minor: predisposition, fever, vascular and/or immunologic phenomenon, Microbiologic evidence, echo evidence-need two major, or one major and 3 minor, or 5 minor. Treatment-native valve: ampicillin/nafcillin + gent or vanc + gent-prosthetic: vanc + gent + rifampin ................
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