Microorganisms/Bacteria
How bacteria/microorganisms get into the bloodstream from unsterile medical tools
What is an IV?
Growing colonies eating away at heart valves, causing heart failure
What is tissue destruction?
The mortality rate for people who have been diagnosed with bacterial endocarditis
What is 20%-40%?
Possible side effect of having to used higher doses or more potent drugs
What is toxicity?
Microorganisms stuck to a surface and wrapped in a slimy matrix
What is a biofilm?
Bacteria/microorganisms that can get into the bloodstream through invasive dental work.
What are Viridans group streptococci (VGS)?
Clots that break off and cause abscesses or aneurysms in the brain.
What is stroke or brain injury?
What is immune evasion?
Most infective endocarditis come from
What is Gram-positive bacteria?
What are the inner lining of the heart and heart valves?
Produce sticky shield of polysaccharides, proteins and DNA
What are microorganisms/bacteria?
Hardened valves and parts of the tissue of the heart that require repair procedures.
What is open heart surgery?
The percentage of patients die within the first year of diagnosis
What is 40%?
Methicillin resistant strains (MRSA)
What is Staphylococcus aureus?
Layers of platelets and fibrin forming growths
What are vegetations?
Originate from the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tracts
What is Enterococcus faecalis?
Chunks that break off and travel, blocking blood flow to the brain or organs.
What is piece shedding?
The 10-year mortality rate with endocarditis?
What is 40%-50%?
Can show high levels of resistance to aminoglycosides and ampicillin.
What are enterococci?
Extracellular polymer substance (EPS)
What is matrix/slime layer?
Early prosthetic valve endocarditis, or bacterial infections dealing with vascular devices in the heart.
What is Staphylococcus epidermidis?
Dangerous irregular heartbeats caused by endocarditis
What are arrhythmias?
The sticky outer layer blocks medicines, and the bacteria survive the high doses.
What is antibiotic resistance?
Uncommon, but they can show dangerous and alarming multi-drug resistance in endocarditits.
What are Gram-negative bacteria?
Nickname for when Streptococcus bacteria pull platelets into the biofilm, making them even more resistant to antibiotics.
What is the "Trojan Horse" of platelets?