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Culture-negative endocarditis

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Culture-negative endocarditis

Alternative Names: Endocarditis (culture-negative) Treatment: Endocarditis is treated with intravenous antibiotics or antifungal medications for a prolonged time. Some patients may require heart surgery. Complications: Text Continues Below Complications of endocarditis include: Congestive heart failure Perivalvular abscesses Intracardiac fistulae (abnormal connections within the heart) Emboli (blood clots which can travel through the blood and cause obstructed blood vessels and strokes) All these complications usually require surgery, either to remove vegetations or abscesses, to repair the valves or to replace them with prostheses.

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