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Endocarditis II: Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

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Endocarditis can present various clinical features depending on the causative organism and the patient's underlying health conditions. Initially, the clinical features of infective endocarditis develop gradually, presenting with nonspecific symptoms that can be easily mistaken for other illnesses.General SymptomsEarly symptoms of infective endocarditis are fever, chills, weakness, malaise, fatigue, and weight loss. These symptoms reflect the systemic nature of the infection and the body's...

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Myocarditis II: Clinical Features and Diagnostic Tests

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Maculopapular rash and fever

S Veldhuis¹, J S Kalpoe, S Bruin

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The Netherlands Journal of Medicine

|January 25, 2012

Summary

No abstract available in PubMed .

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