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Revision as of 22:25, 8 October 2012

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Common symptoms of endocarditis include fever, chills, anorexia, malaise,weight loss, and back pain.

Fever 80 - 85%, often spiking
Chills 42 - 75%
Anorexia 25 - 55%
Malaise 25 - 40%
Weight loss 25 - 35%
Back pain
Flank pain due to renal embolization
Stroke may be present in 10 - 15% of patients as a result of cerebral embolization
Chest pain may be present as a result of embolzation in the coronary artery. The infarcts are usually not transmural. Pulmonary emboli, often septic, occur in 75% of patients with tricuspid endocarditis
Abdominal pain may be present due to mesenteric embolization or ileus
Blindness may be present due to retinal embolization in 3% of patients

High fevers, chills, rigors, malaise, cough, and pleuritic chest pain
Septic pulmonary emboli causing sputum production, hemoptysis, and signs suggesting pneumonia
Cardiac murmurs
Tricuspid insufficiency
Metastatic infections such as renal or brain abscess
Neurologic manifestations such as stroke, TIA, seizures
Peripheral emboli

Occurs in 1%–2% of cases at 1 yr and in 4%–5% of cases at 4 yr after implantation
Infection of perivalvular tissues
New symptoms consistent with valvular regurgitation such as shortness of breath
Myocardial abscesses
Fever
Petechiae, Roth's spots, Osler's nodes, Janeway lesions
Emboli

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+==Overview==
+Common symptoms of endocarditis include [[fever]], [[chills]], [[anorexia]], [[malaise]],[[weight loss]], and [[back pain]].
 ==Symptoms Frequency  Across All Subtypes of Endocarditis==