INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

Multiple Choice

Most common cause of infective endocarditis:

• 
  Bacteria

• Virus

• Fungus

• Parasites

Match

Match the following:

• Native but previously damaged valves

• Healthy valves

• Intravenous drug abusers

• GI/GU procedures

• Colon cancer

Streptococcus viridans

S. aureus

Candida

Enterococcus

S. gallolyticus

• Streptococcus viridans

• S. aureus

• Candida

• Enterococcus

• S. gallolyticus

Multiple Choice

Which of the following valves is the most common site of infection?

• Aortic

• Pulmonary

• Mitral

• Tricuspid

Multiple Choice

A 58-year-old male with a history of colon cancer presents to the hospital with a fever, fatigue, and a new diastolic murmur. He has been in chemotherapy from colon cancer for the past year. Which of the following will be the most probable pathogen involved in the disease of this patient?

• Streptococcus pneumoniae

• Staphylococcus aureus

• Streptococcus gallolyticus

• Escherichia coli

Multiple Select

How many Duke´s clinical criteria do we need for definitive diagnosis? Select all that apply.

• 2 major

• 1 major + 3 minor

• 5 minor

• 4 minor

Multiple Choice

Which of the following microbes presents the highest cure rate after endocarditis infection?

• Viridans

• S. aureus

• Gram negative bacilli

• Fungus

Multiple Choice

A 32-year-old woman with a 5-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus presents for routine follow-up. She reports mild fatigue but denies fever or chills. On physical examination, a new mitral regurgitation murmur is detected. Transthoracic echocardiography reveals verrucous vegetations on both sides of the mitral valve leaflets. Blood cultures are repeatedly negative.
According to the most probable diagnosis, what is the underlying cardiac condition?

• Rheumatic heart disease

• Infective endocarditis

• Libman–Sacks endocarditis

• Non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Multiple Choice

The most common infectious cause of myocarditis in the US:

• Cytomegalovirus

• Coxsackie viruses

• HIV

• COVID-19

Multiple Select

In relation to myocarditis, select the right answers:

• Can be asymptomatic

• Related to sudden death in <40 yo

• Mimics acute MI

• Might be related to fever

Multiple Select

Which of the following alterations might be seen in the ECG of a patient with acute pericarditis?

• Widespread/diffuse ST-segment elevation

• PR depression

• Tall, peaked T waves

• Pathological Q waves

Multiple Choice

Hemorrhagic pericarditis is principally related to:

• Bleeding diathesis

• Bacterial infections

• Tuberculosis

• Malignant neoplasm

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IE2026