10-13-2007, 08:27 AM
11. A 19-year-old male has had a low-grade fever for 3
weeks. On physical examination, he has a temperature of
38.3°C, with a respiration rate of 28, pulse of 104, and
blood pressure of 95/60 mm Hg. A tender spleen tip is
palpable. Splinter hemorrhages are observed on his finger-
nails. A heart murmur is auscultated. Which of the follow-
ing infectious agents best accounts for these findings?
C) (A) Streptococcus viridans
O (B) TtTpanosoma cruzi
O © Coxsackievirus B
O (D) C. albicans
O (E) M. tuberculosis
what if it wouyld have been st.aureus in the options?
and can u justify the damage to valves in this q
weeks. On physical examination, he has a temperature of
38.3°C, with a respiration rate of 28, pulse of 104, and
blood pressure of 95/60 mm Hg. A tender spleen tip is
palpable. Splinter hemorrhages are observed on his finger-
nails. A heart murmur is auscultated. Which of the follow-
ing infectious agents best accounts for these findings?
C) (A) Streptococcus viridans
O (B) TtTpanosoma cruzi
O © Coxsackievirus B
O (D) C. albicans
O (E) M. tuberculosis
what if it wouyld have been st.aureus in the options?
and can u justify the damage to valves in this q