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====Organisms==== | ====Organisms==== | ||
Particular organisms are associated with particular clinical scenarios | Particular organisms are associated with particular clinical scenarios: | ||
*IV drug user = ''Staphylococcus aureus''. | *IV drug user = ''Staphylococcus aureus''. | ||
*No risk factors/normal valve = ''Streptococcus viridans''. | *No risk factors/normal valve = ''Streptococcus viridans''. | ||
*Prosthetic valves = ''Staphylococcus epidermidis''.<ref name=pmid19660339>{{Cite journal | last1 = Alonso-Valle | first1 = H. | last2 = Fariñas-Alvarez | first2 = C. | last3 = García-Palomo | first3 = JD. | last4 = Bernal | first4 = JM. | last5 = Martín-Durán | first5 = R. | last6 = Gutiérrez Díez | first6 = JF. | last7 = Revuelta | first7 = JM. | last8 = Fariñas | first8 = MC. | title = Clinical course and predictors of death in prosthetic valve endocarditis over a 20-year period. | journal = J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg | volume = 139 | issue = 4 | pages = 887-93 | month = Apr | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.042 | PMID = 19660339 }}</ref> | *Prosthetic valves = ''Staphylococcus epidermidis''.<ref name=pmid19660339>{{Cite journal | last1 = Alonso-Valle | first1 = H. | last2 = Fariñas-Alvarez | first2 = C. | last3 = García-Palomo | first3 = JD. | last4 = Bernal | first4 = JM. | last5 = Martín-Durán | first5 = R. | last6 = Gutiérrez Díez | first6 = JF. | last7 = Revuelta | first7 = JM. | last8 = Fariñas | first8 = MC. | title = Clinical course and predictors of death in prosthetic valve endocarditis over a 20-year period. | journal = J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg | volume = 139 | issue = 4 | pages = 887-93 | month = Apr | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.042 | PMID = 19660339 }}</ref> | ||
Most common organism overall: | |||
*''Staphylococcus aureus''.<ref name=pmid12092480>{{Cite journal | last1 = Petti | first1 = CA. | last2 = Fowler | first2 = VG. | title = Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis. | journal = Infect Dis Clin North Am | volume = 16 | issue = 2 | pages = 413-35, x-xi | month = Jun | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 12092480 }}</ref> | |||
====Clinical==== | ====Clinical==== | ||