1. Infective endocarditis
(a mnemonic)

2. Stretcher
Enters!

3. Staff
Suspect

4. Heart Attack!

5. Card-carrier!

6. Each
Kidney

7. Functionally
Normal -

8. Quite
Clearly
a Bargain!

9. What?

10. Stretcher
Enters!
Staff
Suspect
Heart
Attack!
Streps
Enterococci
Staphs
Strep pneumo
Haemophilus
Actinobacillus

11. Card-carrier -
Each
Kidney
Functionally
Normal -
Quite
Clearly
a Bargain!
Cardiobacterium
Eikenella
Kingella
Fungi
“Negatives” -
Q fever (Coxiella)
Chlamydia
and Bartonella

12. 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%

13. Thanks to...
Dr. John Frater
- images -
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steadyhealth.com
tinkerbellchime.com
weblog.tonyholmes.com
kidneykids.ca
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photobucket.com
ewb-ua.org