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Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of endocarditis include elevated [[white blood cell count]], [[erythrocyte sedimentation rate]], [[rheumatoid factor]], and elevated [[BUN]] and [[creatinine]] if [[glomerulonephritis]] is present. | |||
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Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of endocarditis include:<ref name="pmid15956145">{{cite journal| author=Baddour LM, Wilson WR, Bayer AS, Fowler VG, Bolger AF, Levison ME et al.| title=Infective endocarditis: diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association: endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. | journal=Circulation | year= 2005 | volume= 111 | issue= 23 | pages= e394-434 | pmid=15956145 | doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.165564 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15956145 }} </ref><ref name="pmid11830803">{{cite journal| author=Dhawan VK| title=Infective endocarditis in elderly patients. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2002 | volume= 34 | issue= 6 | pages= 806-12 | pmid=11830803 | doi=10.1086/339045 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11830803 }} </ref><ref name="pmid18820172">{{cite journal |author=Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Chatterjee K, ''et al.'' |title=2008 Focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease): endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons |journal=Circulation |volume=118 |issue=15 |pages=e523–661 |year=2008 |month=October |pmid=18820172 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.190748 |url=}}</ref> | |||
*A marked [[leukocytosis]] is present. | |||
*An elevated [[erythrocyte sedimentation rate]] is present. | |||
*A positive serum [[rheumatoid factor]] may be present and is present in approximately 50% of patients with the subacute disease. | |||
*The serum [[BUN]] and [[creatinine]] may be elevated if [[glomerulonephritis]] is present. | |||
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*[[Glomerulonephritis]] may be present. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overivew
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of endocarditis include elevated white blood cell count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, rheumatoid factor, and elevated BUN and creatinine if glomerulonephritis is present.
Laboratory Findings
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of endocarditis include:[1][2][3]
- A marked leukocytosis is present.
- An elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate is present.
- A positive serum rheumatoid factor may be present and is present in approximately 50% of patients with the subacute disease.
- The serum BUN and creatinine may be elevated if glomerulonephritis is present.
- Glomerulonephritis may be present.
References
- ↑ Baddour LM, Wilson WR, Bayer AS, Fowler VG, Bolger AF, Levison ME; et al. (2005). "Infective endocarditis: diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association: endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America". Circulation. 111 (23): e394–434. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.165564. PMID 15956145.
- ↑ Dhawan VK (2002). "Infective endocarditis in elderly patients". Clin Infect Dis. 34 (6): 806–12. doi:10.1086/339045. PMID 11830803.
- ↑ Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Chatterjee K; et al. (2008). "2008 Focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease): endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons". Circulation. 118 (15): e523–661. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.190748. PMID 18820172. Unknown parameter
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