Created at 3:30 p.m. Aug, 28, 2025
Author: frogbugs
Co-authors: andrewmathias8
Related Note: 1503187930232 1
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Infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus mitis is classically associated with a subacute clinical course. This presentation is similar to that of Streptococcus sanguinis, rather than the rapid, fulminant onset seen in acute endocarditis caused by organisms like Staphylococcus aureus. I do not understand what this card is supposed to mean by mitis being "non subacute", I have linked studies below that support this.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12120826/

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.046723
Source: AMBOSS - https://next.amboss.com/us/article/CS0qbf?q=which%20strep%20viridans%20causes%20subacute%20endocarditis#Y0a090e71dea1d1403d5712e417acd4c4

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