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Infective endocarditis
(a mnemonic)
Stretcher
Enters!
Staff
Suspect
Heart Attack!
Card-carrier!
Each
Kidney
Functionally
Normal -
Quite
Clearly
a Bargain!
What?
Stretcher
Enters!
Staff
Suspect
Heart
Attack!
Streps
Enterococci
Staphs
Strep pneumo
Haemophilus
Actinobacillus
Card-carrier -
Each
Kidney
Functionally
Normal -
Quite
Clearly
a Bargain!
Cardiobacterium
Eikenella
Kingella
Fungi
Negatives -
Q fever (Coxiella)
Chlamydia
and Bartonella
That list in full..
Streptococci 
viridans, Strep bovis
Enterococci 
faecalis, faecium
Staphylococci 
S. aureus, coagulase negatives
Strep pneumoniae
HACEK
Haemophilus aphrophilus
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
Cardiobacterium hominis
Eikenella corrodens
Kingella kingae
Fungi
Culture Negative Endocarditis -
Q fever (Coxiella burnetti)
Chlamydia spp
Bartonella spp

34%
8%
42%
1%
3% total
<0.5%
6%
Thanks to...
Dr. John Frater
- images -
safetycenter.navy.mil
myocardialinfarctions.com
steadyhealth.com
tinkerbellchime.com
weblog.tonyholmes.com
kidneykids.ca
upload.wikimedia.org
fuseboxtheatre.com
photobucket.com
ewb-ua.org

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