A 19-year-old man has had a low-grade fever for 3 weeks. A tender spleen tip is palpable. There are splinter hemorrhages under the fingernails and tender hemorrhagic nodules on the palms and soles. A heart murmur is heard on auscultation. Which of the following infectious agents is most likely to be cultured from this patients blood?

MIXED AORTIC VALVE DISEASE

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A 19-year-old man has had a low-grade fever for 3 weeks. A tender spleen tip is palpable. There are splinter hemorrhages under the fingernails and tender hemorrhagic nodules on the palms and soles. A heart murmur is heard on auscultation. Which of the following infectious agents is most likely to be cultured from this patient’s blood?

A	Streptococcus viridans
B	Trypanosoma cruzi
C	Coxsackievirus B
D	Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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CARDIOLOGY

MIXED AORTIC VALVE DISEASE