acute bacterial endocarditis

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[ə′kyüt bak′tir·ē·əl ‚en·dō‚kär′dīd·əs]

(medicine)

Fulminant, rapidly progressive endocarditis, usually associated with a significant systemic infection.

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The microbiology may also reflect that of patients with nosocomial or acute endocarditis rather than community acquired infection.

One-third of subjects had acute endocarditis and the remainder had subacute IE.

8) In the following case, a dog bite to the hand led to acute endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus in a previously healthy female patient.