Evidence-based On-call

internal medicine

Infective endocarditis

Prevalence
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis

Clinical features

Look for fever ^c

^d

Note:

Very few patients with infective endocarditis are afebrile.

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Authors	CM Ball , C Hennigan , S Dhingra
Reviewer	E Abrutyn
CAT Writers	CM Ball , C Hennigan , S Dhingra