An infectious diseases physician explains clinical clues to the diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis, a devastating infection of the heart valves. Endocarditis is fatal if not recognized and treated in time, and it can be very difficult to diagnose early. Learn what symptoms, signs, findings in lab tests and imaging should make you suspect that your patient might have endocarditis. What you learn in this video will be very easy to memorize, and it will make a huge difference in practice!

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 simplified pathophysiology and microbiology of infective endocarditis
03:56 symptoms of acute endocarditis caused by S.aureus
05:31 septic emboli, Janeway lesions
06:43 symptoms of subacute endocarditis caused by Streptococci
08:30 most common metastatic infections
09:20 diagnostic tests for endocarditis
10:37 imaging, abscesses
11:06 bacteremia
12:25 predisposing conditions for endocarditis